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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Fowler translates for Phuong that Pyle loves her and wants to marry her. What is Phuong's response?
(a) She has no reaction at all.
(b) She runs and jumps in Pyle's lap.
(c) She turns him down.
(d) She says he will have to ask Hei.

3. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?
(a) Vigot tells him that Pyle has been murdered.
(b) Vigot offers to buy Phuong.
(c) Vigot tells Fowler that Phuong is a spy.
(d) Vigot gives Fowler a message from Pyle.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What does Phuong want to see?
(a) Skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty
(b) London and New York
(c) Princess Margaret and Buckingham Palace
(d) Paris and Niagra Falls

9. 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 the French are doing well in the northwest, but the Attaché reports that the Vietminh are about to take Phat Diem.
(c) The attache says the Vietminh are retreating but Granger says they are coming to Saigon.
(d) Granger says General The is fighting with the French and the attache says General The is dead.

10. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?
(a) He says he was with Phuong all evening long.
(b) He says that he was at the clinic getting an allergy shot.
(c) He says he was at the Continental and then saw a movie and later had dinner. People would remember him at these places.
(d) He says he had a party at his house from seven until eleven.

11. After Pyle leaves, what does Phuong do for Fowler?
(a) Makes dinner
(b) Gives him a bath
(c) Kisses his feet
(d) Makes his opium pipe

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

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

14. How does Fowler get to the city of Phat Diem?
(a) He takes the train.
(b) Fowler goes by boat to the city of Phat Diem.
(c) He flies with the French troops.
(d) He drives with Pyle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?

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

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

4. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?

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

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