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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. What seems to be Vigot's main concern?
(a) Bribing Fowler to let him have Phuong
(b) Finishing and going to the bar
(c) Pinning the crime on Fowler
(d) Writing up a report that will pass the scrutiny of his superiors

2. How does Pyle arrive at Fowler's apartment?
(a) In disguise
(b) Drunk
(c) Later than usual
(d) With his black dog

3. What does Fowler see when he goes out?
(a) He sees bodies and body parts floating in canals, some covered with flies, some lying dead on the road.
(b) He sees that the United Nations is there to help the survivors.
(c) He sees that the Vietminh have set up a hospital to treat the wounded.
(d) He sees that the town was not touched and most people are alive.

4. What letters does Fowler write to be mailed from Hong Kong by a departing journalist?
(a) One to the British Intelligence asking for information on Pyle and one to his son in Liverpool.
(b) One to his wife asking for a divorce and one to his paper aksing to stay in Saigon.
(c) One to an American news service asking for a job and and one to his paper with his resignation.
(d) One to his mother in Essex and one to his lawyer to start divorce proceedings.

5. What procession is formed in the city of Phat Diem?
(a) A procession to celebrate Our Lady of fatima
(b) A mock evacuation drill
(c) A rice harvest festival parade
(d) A Buddhist celebration procession

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Fowler go to Pyle's apartment?

3. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?

4. Fowler, who is British, has developed what feeling about Vietnam?

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

(see the answer key)

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