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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to wounded French soldiers when no helicopters are available to rescue them?
(a) French special forces go in on foot to bring them to safety.
(b) Without helicopters, wounded soldiers have little chance of getting carried to a hospital. They are left to die where they fall.
(c) Vietnamese civilians have formed a brigade to rescue them.
(d) They are given poison pills to take if they fear being captured.

3. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?
(a) He hopes she will make the first move if he accepts the pipes.
(b) He knows if he smokes more than four pipes, he will lose his desire for her.
(c) He is more addicted to opium than he is to Phuong.
(d) It keeps him busy so he does not have time to think about her.

4. What is it about Pyle that particularly annoys Fowler?
(a) Pyle's ignorance of his own naivte.
(b) Pyle's attitude of moral superiority because he doesn't smoke opium.
(c) Pyle's cockiness that, given a choice, Phuong will choose him over Fowler.
(d) Pyle's secretive nature that hints he is someone important.

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

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

7. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?
(a) The latest scandals in Hollywood
(b) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(c) The stock market in the Wall Street Journal
(d) The British Royal Family, especially Princess Margaret

8. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?
(a) He is on holiday from his correspondance post in India.
(b) He is writing a book about the Vietnamese people.
(c) He is covering the war in Vietnam in 1952 in which the French armies are fighting against the Communist Vietminh.
(d) He is looking for a young Asian wife.

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

10. Is Fowler listening closely to Pyle's ideas about war?
(a) No, and later he will regret it.
(b) Yes, but he doesn't understand what he's saying.
(c) Yes, but he soon forgets it.
(d) No, because Pyle speaks poor French.

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

12. What is Phuong's response when Fowler tells her Pyle had invited himself to Fowler's apartment for a drink?
(a) She asks Fowler if she should cook dinner.
(b) She shows no reaction at all.
(c) She says she will go visit her sister.
(d) She gets excited and goes to shower and change her dress.

13. What is strange about Fowler's relationship with Phuong?
(a) They have been together for several years, yet mysteriously she is engaged to marry Alden Pyle.
(b) He is old enough to be her grandfather.
(c) He is ashamed to take her out anywhere in public.
(d) She cannot speak any English or French.

14. How do Fowler and the others eventually leave Phat Diem?
(a) They make a huge raft and go down the river that Fowler came up on.
(b) Fowler marches with others through farmland. Everyone's nerves are taut with fear yet it is very boring.
(c) They stay in the cathedarl until the French retake the city.
(d) They are rescued at night by French helicopters.

15. Why is Miss Hei interested in Pyle?
(a) She wants to sell him some opium.
(b) He is young and looks like a possible marriage partner for Phuong.
(c) She is a Vietnamese undercover agent.
(d) He is handsome and she wants to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fowler think is Pyle's obsession?

2. What is Alden Pyle's Passion?

3. What does Phuong tell Vigot about her and Pyle?

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

5. What does Fowler say to the priest about the sacrament of confession?

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