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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fowler do to see who will win Phuong?
(a) He sends a message to London that Fowler has not returned from Phat Diem.
(b) He proposes marriage to Phuong as soon as he can get a divorce.
(c) He plays a dice game and suddenly tells Pyle that he's going back to England.
(d) He wires his new service and turns down the job.

2. What is Fowler thinking as he watches Pyle and Phuong dancing?
(a) Fowler recalls how she used to dance at the Grand Monde.
(b) He thinks about his late wife.
(c) He thinks about his opium pipe.
(d) He thinks about what a good dancer Pyle is.

3. What does Vigot say he dislikes most about his job?
(a) All the paperwork
(b) Spending so much time in mortuaries
(c) The stupid people who work under him
(d) Chasing illegal gamblers

4. Why does Pyle feel the need to speak to Fowler at all?
(a) He thinks Fowler is like Phuong's father and he wants his permission to marry her.
(b) He is in love with Phuong and wants to do the honorable thing by Fowler.
(c) He is ready to kill Fowler if he objects.
(d) He wants Fowler to order Phuong out of his house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fowler suddenly have a big suspicion about Pyle?

2. Is Fowler listening closely to Pyle's ideas about war?

3. Fowler has a good story, so why does he not send it?

4. Where do Granger, Joe and Pyle decide to go?

5. How does Fowler see most of the men in the press corps?

(see the answer key)

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