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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. How does Pyle see himself?
(a) He sees himself as being trapped where he doesn't want to be.
(b) He describes himself as an observer with no real views on the war.
(c) He sees himself as a serious backer of the French.
(d) He sees himself as a possible source of winning information.

2. What does Fowler find so annoying about the letter from Pyle?
(a) The letter is annoyingly illiterate.
(b) The letter is annoyingly boyish.
(c) The letter is annoyingly rude.
(d) The letter is annoyingly long.

3. After leaving the Attache's office, what does Fowler say he did in the men's lavatory?
(a) He threw up.
(b) He stole the hand soap.
(c) He wrote on the mirror.
(d) He cried.

4. Where do the people take refuge?
(a) Greene says they people stayed in the French Consulate.
(b) Greene describes people taking refuge in the Cathedral.
(c) Greene writes that the people hid in the rice paddys.
(d) Greene says that they started the long walk back to Saigon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Miss Hei interested in Pyle?

2. What restriction is imposed by the French after the battle of Phat Diem?

3. Why does Pyle feel the need to speak to Fowler at all?

4. Besides Phuong, why does Fowler really want to stay in Vietnam?

5. What about the meeting really surprises Fowler?

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