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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?
(a) The time on the big clock in the square.
(b) That Fowler is left-handed.
(c) The spies who are trailing Fowler.
(d) The Milk Fountain where Vietnamese people buy malted milks.

3. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?
(a) He says that he was at the clinic getting an allergy shot.
(b) He says he was with Phuong all evening long.
(c) He says he was at the Continental and then saw a movie and later had dinner. People would remember him at these places.
(d) He says he had a party at his house from seven until eleven.

4. How does Fowler get to the city of Phat Diem?
(a) Fowler goes by boat to the city of Phat Diem.
(b) He flies with the French troops.
(c) He drives with Pyle.
(d) He takes the train.

5. Having nothing else to do, where does Fowler go once he is back in Saigon?
(a) With nothing else to do, Fowler goes to interview a French lieutenant.
(b) Fowler,with nothing else to do, attends a press conference led by a handsome young French colonel.
(c) With nothing else to do, Fowler goes to the House of the Five Hundred Girls.
(d) With nothing else to do, he starts trying to find out more about Pyle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?

2. What makes Vigot even more suspicious of Fowler?

3. What does Fowler tell Pyle to do so that the girls will stop mobbing him?

4. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?

5. What does Phuong tell Vigot about her and Pyle?

(see the answer key)

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