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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?
(a) York Harding
(b) Len Deighton
(c) Graham Greene
(d) Noel Coward

2. What is the name of York's theory In which Pyle believes?
(a) The Mind's Eye
(b) The Last Stand
(c) The Third Force
(d) The Magnum Force

3. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?
(a) Peraud has a phobia against germs.
(b) Peraud is mad about Vietnamese art.
(c) Peraud is devoted to Our Lady of Fatima.
(d) Peraud is infatuated with every woman he meets.

4. How does Pyle tell Fowler he got to Phat Diem?
(a) Pyle says he came in a military Jeep.
(b) Pyle says he parachuetted out of a plane.
(c) Pyle relates how he came to Phat Diem alone and by boat.
(d) Pyle tells Fowler he hiked the whole way.

5. What restriction is imposed by the French after the battle of Phat Diem?
(a) No one can return to Saigon until reinforcements arrive.
(b) No journalists, including Fowler, are allowed to report it.
(c) No one is allowed near the river.
(d) No one can leave the area without a security check.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fowler find when he returns to Saigon?

2. What does Phuong want to see?

3. How does Joe the Attache speak crudely about Phuong?

4. What book does Pyle go on and on about?

5. Who surprises Fowler by showing up during the march out of Phat Diem?

(see the answer key)

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