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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What procession is formed in the city of Phat Diem?
(a) A rice harvest festival parade
(b) A Buddhist celebration procession
(c) A mock evacuation drill
(d) A procession to celebrate Our Lady of fatima

2. Who surprises Fowler by showing up during the march out of Phat Diem?
(a) Vigot
(b) Hei
(c) Pyle
(d) Granger

3. Why does Miss Hei not like Fowler?
(a) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is a police informer because he asks a lot of questions.
(b) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is far too old for Phuong to be living with.
(c) 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.
(d) Miss Hei cannot get Fowler to pay for Phuong's company.

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

5. After Pyle leaves, how long does it take Fowler to get to Saigon?
(a) Two months
(b) Ten days
(c) Three weeks
(d) Three days

6. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?
(a) Pyle sees that Phuong is going home with Fowler and he gets sad.
(b) Pyle sees someone across the room and thinks it might be trouble.
(c) Pyle receives a phone call and says that he needs to go right away.
(d) A vulgar floorshow with female impersonators begins and Plyle thinks is not suitable for Phuong.

7. While waiting for Pyle who is three hours late, what does Phuong do for Fowler?
(a) She mixes him a martini and rolls him a cigar.
(b) She reads Photoplay Magazine to him.
(c) Phuong prepares an opium pipe for Fowler, who smokes it, and then smokes another.
(d) She does an exotic dance for him like she used to do in the bar.

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

9. What does Fowler think about the prospects of the French holding the north?
(a) He thinks it will be a decades long standoff.
(b) He thinks the French will pull out and leave it for the communists.
(c) He thinks the French will have to bring in allies to help.
(d) He thinks that the French can hold Northern Vietnam if the Chinese don't intervene.

10. 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 says she will go visit her sister.
(c) She shows no reaction at all.
(d) She gets excited and goes to shower and change her dress.

11. What does Miss Hei tell Pyle when he and Phuong return to the table?
(a) Miss Hei tells Pyle that the dance will cost him one thousand francs.
(b) Miss Hei tells Pyle that Phuong has a younger sister he can have.
(c) Miss Hei tells Pyle that Phuong is a perfect match for Fowler.
(d) Miss Hei tells Pyle that Phuong is the most beautiful woman in Saigon and needs care and protection.

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

13. What are the results of the battle that follows the Vietminh's infiltration?
(a) Fowler is taken prisoner.
(b) There are only Vietminh casualties.
(c) Four days later this battle is an obvious defeat for the French.
(d) The Vietminh are soundly defeated.

14. 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 opium pipe.
(c) He thinks about what a good dancer Pyle is.
(d) He thinks about his late wife.

15. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?
(a) He tells Pyle at what times of the day what roads and parts of town are safe.
(b) He tells Pyle where to find beautiful Vietnamese women.
(c) He tells Pyle where to find a great Vietnamese tailor.
(d) He tells Pyle how to bargain with a trishaw driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fowler translates for Phuong that Pyle loves her and wants to marry her. What is Phuong's response?

2. What does Miss Hei want from Fowler?

3. What rumors about Pyle have been circulated and find their way to Phuong?

4. How does Fowler get to the city of Phat Diem?

5. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?

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