1. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?
(a) Not the obnoxious pushy kind of person that is often the stereotype of Americans in foreign countries.
(b) An American who has lost his voice.
(c) The Teddy Roosevelt type who speaks softly but carries a big stick.
(d) An American who works alone in a large office.

2. Who comes to the table to talk to Fowler while Pyle and Phuong are dancing?
(a) Lieutenant Virot comes to join Fowler.
(b) A French soldier asks Fowler for a light.
(c) The Continental manager comes over to Fowler's table.
(d) Miss Hei, Phuong's older sister, comes to speak to Fowler.

3. What happens to wounded French soldiers when no helicopters are available to rescue them?
(a) They are given poison pills to take if they fear being captured.
(b) Vietnamese civilians have formed a brigade to rescue them.
(c) French special forces go in on foot to bring them to safety.
(d) Without helicopters, wounded soldiers have little chance of getting carried to a hospital. They are left to die where they fall.

4. How does Fowler see most of the men in the press corps?
(a) He sees them as men who could not get a job anywhere else.
(b) He sees them as being very familiar with the culture of Vietnam.
(c) Fowler finds his American colleagues in the press to be big, noisy, boyish and middle-aged types.
(d) He sees them as quiet, hard working professionals.

5. Fowler has a good story, so why does he not send it?
(a) He thinks it might demoralize the troops.
(b) He doesn't believe anyone will believe it.
(c) He doesn't have photos to back his story up.
(d) He realizes it will not pass government censorship.