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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pyle treat Phuong when they first meet?
(a) He treats her as if she were a street walker.
(b) He treats her as if she were a fine lady.
(c) He treats her as an older person.
(d) He treats her as if she were not there.

2. What is Pyle trying to hide but everyone suspects anyway?
(a) That he is there on some kind of secret mission.
(b) That he is really from Russia.
(c) That he has a venereal disease.
(d) That he does not really like girls.

3. What is the conflicting report about the war in the North?
(a) Some say the Americans are pulling out and others say the Germans are coming.
(b) Granger says General The is fighting with the French and the attache says General The is dead.
(c) Granger says the French are doing well in the northwest, but the Attaché reports that the Vietminh are about to take Phat Diem.
(d) The attache says the Vietminh are retreating but Granger says they are coming to Saigon.

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

5. What ridiculous suggestion does Pyle make?
(a) That they should see a priest about pre-Cana sessions.
(b) That Fowler give the bride away.
(c) That Phuong moves in with her sister until they are married.
(d) That he and Phuong should have blood tests to see if they could have children.

6. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?
(a) That their son had been run over by a bus.
(b) That their son had died a soldier's death in the cause of Democracy.
(c) That their son had died of heart failure.
(d) That their son had died of malaria.

7. What does Fowler say when Phuong says Miss Hei does not believe he will marry her?
(a) He tells her he can marry her without getting a divorce.
(b) He tells her they can live together and his wife will divorce him.
(c) He tells her that he had lied; he isn't married after all.
(d) He tells her he just wrote a letter to his wife asking for a divorce.

8. What does Phuong tell Vigot about her and Pyle?
(a) She says that Pyle is her sister's boyfriend.
(b) She pretends she does not understand and does not reply.
(c) She says there is nothing going on between her and Pyle.
(d) She says that for the past month she has been living with Pyle. They will be married soon.

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

10. Returning to the night Fowler met Pyle, where was he?
(a) He was strolling along the rue Catinat.
(b) He was meeting Vigot at the surete.
(c) He was fishing in the river.
(d) He and Phuong were dining at the Continental.

11. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?
(a) An American who works alone in a large office.
(b) The Teddy Roosevelt type who speaks softly but carries a big stick.
(c) Not the obnoxious pushy kind of person that is often the stereotype of Americans in foreign countries.
(d) An American who has lost his voice.

12. How do the Vietminh infiltrate the city?
(a) The Vietminh arrive as traders looking for business.
(b) The Vietminh enter the city dressed as nuns.
(c) The Vietminh join their procession for Fatima and take them by surprise.
(d) The Vietminh come in as rice traders.

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

14. Why does Miss Hei not like Fowler?
(a) Miss Hei does not like Fowler because her goal in life is to marry Phuong off to a rich European and Fowler is already married.
(b) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is a police informer because he asks a lot of questions.
(c) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is far too old for Phuong to be living with.
(d) Miss Hei cannot get Fowler to pay for Phuong's company.

15. 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 is angry that they did not consult him first.
(d) He nearly jumps for joy at getting out of Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Fowler and the others eventually leave Phat Diem?

2. What does Miss Hei want from Fowler?

3. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?

4. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?

5. What is Pyle's urgency to see Fowler?

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