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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the results of the battle that follows the Vietminh's infiltration?
(a) There are only Vietminh casualties.
(b) Four days later this battle is an obvious defeat for the French.
(c) Fowler is taken prisoner.
(d) The Vietminh are soundly defeated.

2. How does Pyle treat Phuong when they first meet?
(a) He treats her as if she were a fine lady.
(b) He treats her as if she were a street walker.
(c) He treats her as if she were not there.
(d) He treats her as an older person.

3. What does Fowler do to see who will win Phuong?
(a) He wires his new service and turns down the job.
(b) He sends a message to London that Fowler has not returned from Phat Diem.
(c) He plays a dice game and suddenly tells Pyle that he's going back to England.
(d) He proposes marriage to Phuong as soon as he can get a divorce.

4. Why does Fowler say he wants to find another flat?
(a) He doesn't need that many rooms.
(b) He plans on moving Dominguez in with him.
(c) There is too much of Phuong where he is.
(d) He's planning on bringing Helen here.

5. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?
(a) He is on holiday from his correspondance post in India.
(b) He is writing a book about the Vietnamese people.
(c) He is covering the war in Vietnam in 1952 in which the French armies are fighting against the Communist Vietminh.
(d) He is looking for a young Asian wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pyle trying to hide but everyone suspects anyway?

2. What is Helen's answer to Fowler about getting a divorce?

3. What is Pyle's urgency to see Fowler?

4. What about the meeting really surprises Fowler?

5. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?

(see the answer key)

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