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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the conflicting report about the war in the North?
(a) Granger says General The is fighting with the French and the attache says General The is dead.
(b) The attache says the Vietminh are retreating but Granger says they are coming to Saigon.
(c) Granger says the French are doing well in the northwest, but the Attaché reports that the Vietminh are about to take Phat Diem.
(d) Some say the Americans are pulling out and others say the Germans are coming.

2. Where do Granger, Joe and Pyle decide to go?
(a) They decide to go to the American embassy.
(b) They decide to go to Fowler's apartment.
(c) They decide to go next door to the House of Five Hundred Girls.
(d) They decide to go to the Majestic theater.

3. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?
(a) Vigot gives Fowler a message from Pyle.
(b) Vigot tells Fowler that Phuong is a spy.
(c) Vigot offers to buy Phuong.
(d) Vigot tells him that Pyle has been murdered.

4. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?
(a) He is a reporter for the New York Times.
(b) He works for the Economic Aid Mission.
(c) He is a battery manufacturer.
(d) He works for Harvard University.

5. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(b) The latest scandals in Hollywood
(c) The stock market in the Wall Street Journal
(d) The British Royal Family, especially Princess Margaret

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Pyle killed?

2. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?

3. What does Fowler think about the prospects of the French holding the north?

4. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?

5. Why does Miss Hei not like Fowler?

(see the answer key)

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