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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fowler's concern as he returns to his rooms after being in the hospital?
(a) That he would not be able to make it up the stairs.
(b) That the letter from his wife had been opened.
(c) That Phuong had moved her family into his apartment.
(d) That Phuong will not be there.

2. What does Fowler say to the priest about the sacrament of confession?
(a) He tells the priest that he should find something more useful to do.
(b) He tells the priest that he is an atheist.
(c) He tells the priest that he only goes to confession once very ten years.
(d) In his blunt way, Fowler tells the priest that the rite seems unmanly and morbid to him.

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

4. How does the telegram affect Fowler?
(a) He knows he won't get his opium pipes in London.
(b) The telegram makes him sad; if he leaves, it means Phuong will marry Pyle.
(c) He nearly jumps for joy at getting out of Vietnam.
(d) He is angry that they did not consult him first.

5. What does Fowler think of the speech the deputy Pope of Caodaism gives him?
(a) That it is incomprehensible.
(b) That is the sincere belief of the Caodaists.
(c) That it is canned and insincere.
(d) That it is the hope of the Vietnamese people.

Short Answer Questions

1. When things settle down at the House of the Five Hundred Girls, where do Pyle, Fowler and Phuong go?

2. Why is the American Attache upset?

3. What does Vigot allow Fowler to do in Pyle's apartment?

4. What is it about Pyle that particularly annoys Fowler?

5. What does the French colonel tell the press corps about the war?

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