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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Heng's answer when Fowler asks if he had anything to do with the bombing?
(a) He says he would not be so stupid.
(b) He says Fowler should not ask too many questions.
(c) He says it is up to the police to find the culprit.
(d) He says he was nowhere near the Garnier.

2. When Fowler and Pyle talk, against what does Fowler warn Pyle?
(a) Trusting Vigot and the Surete
(b) Negotiating with the Vietminh
(c) Trusting Joe too much
(d) Believing in York's Third Force

3. What did Fowler go to see in the other end of rue Catinat?
(a) An art collection
(b) A new movie house
(c) A used car
(d) An apartment for sale

4. What had Pyle done that was according to Harding's book?
(a) Formed a Third Force of 2,000 bandits and two tame tigers
(b) Brought in mercenaries to be a Third Force
(c) Built up a bicycle brigad to be his Third force
(d) Recruited Vietminh to form a Third Force

5. Why does Pyle want to take Phuong to America to get married?
(a) He thinks Phuong deserves a big, expenisve wedding.
(b) He thinks an Indochina marriage might not be legal.
(c) He wants to get her as far away from Fowler as he can.
(d) He thinks his mother would be there to acclimate Phuong.

6. Back in the present time, what does Fowler do to get Phuong out of the house when Vigot arrives?
(a) He sends her to her sister.
(b) He sends her to the movies.
(c) He hides her in a back room.
(d) He hide her under his bed.

7. What does Dominguez do when Fowler swats at a mosquito droning near his ear?
(a) He applauds.
(b) He gets the bug spray.
(c) He kills it when Fowler misses.
(d) He winces.

8. What has made Vigot's day so long and tiring?
(a) Petty thefts and a few suicides
(b) Meetings with the French Embassy
(c) Catching up on paperwork
(d) Murder and sudden deaths

9. Who are the cardinals of Caodaism?
(a) They are men from the villages.
(b) They are monkeys from the sacred mountain.
(c) They are all women.
(d) They are soldiers in disguise.

10. Why does Fowler want to read Phuong's thoughts?
(a) He thinks she knows something about the Vietminh.
(b) He thinks she wants to kill him.
(c) He thinks she is lonely.
(d) He thinks she is meeting Pyle.

11. What is Fowler's reaction when the Pope's deputy holds out his hand with a huge ring on his finger?
(a) He wonders how many karats it was.
(b) He leaves the way the deputy was pointing.
(c) He refuses to kiss it.
(d) He shakes the deputy's hand.

12. What does Fowler learn from Mr. Chou's manager, Mr. Heng?
(a) He sees plastics and a mold for Pyle that got opened by mistake.
(b) That the Economic Attache is receiving goods for Pyle.
(c) That Pyle is buying military equipment from Mr. Chou.
(d) That Pyle is planning to kidnap Phuong.

13. What does Mr. Heng ask Fowler?
(a) If Pyle knows York Harding.
(b) If he has any information about Pyle.
(c) If he really wants to stop Pyle.
(d) If Pyle is really his friend?

14. What does Fowler discover at 3:00 a.m.?
(a) His apartment has been broken into.
(b) Phuong has moved out.
(c) The men from the Surete are at his door.
(d) His opium has been stolen.

15. What happens when someone comes demanding that Pyle and Fowler be brought down?
(a) Pyle says it must be a French patrol he had been expecting.
(b) Fowler is relieved that General The's men have come to get them.
(c) Fowler jumps and breaks his ankle; Pyle comes down the ladder; the tower explodes.
(d) Fowler and Pyle find a back way out and escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is rumored to be on the mountain?

2. When Fowler's car runs out of gas, what does he have to do to get to a Vietnamese lookout?

3. When someone does knock on Fowler's door, who is it?

4. What does Mr. Heng want Fowler to do?

5. How does Mr. Heng say he knew about the bomb in the Garnier?

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