The Quiet American Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Quiet American Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets a job for Miss Hei with the Americans?
(a) Alden Pyle
(b) Phuong
(c) Joe, the Economic Attache
(d) Thomas Fowler

2. What does Fowler realize about bicycle pumps?
(a) They were being replaced with rifle mounts.
(b) The mold at Mr. Muoi's iss shaped like a half section of a bicycle pump.
(c) They were used to inflate rafts.
(d) They could be made into makeshift mortar firers.

3. What happens at the fountain in front of the big store?
(a) People are diving into the fountain.
(b) The police have blocked off the street to the fountain.
(c) Pyle is keeping people away from the fountain.
(d) Three bicycles put there by the police explode.

4. What does Phuong give Fowler after he gets home?
(a) A massage.
(b) An opium pipe.
(c) An opened telegram and the unopened letter from his wife.
(d) A marriage ultimatum.

5. What comment does Vigot make when Fowler says that Pyle got mixed up.
(a) Vigot says, "You never do, do you?"
(b) Vigot says, "Are you sure?"
(c) Vigot says, "Don't we all?"
(d) Vigot says, "That's too bad."

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

7. Why does Vigot say that he does not believe Fowler killed Pyle?
(a) Because Fowler's alibi checks out.
(b) Because Fowler has been cooperative.
(c) Because Fowler would not have the stomach for murder.
(d) Because one does not take a book of an enemy for a souvenir.

8. When Fowler rushes out to see if he can find Phuong in the wreckage, what does Pyle tell him?
(a) Phuong is at the attache's office.
(b) Get out of here, there's nothing you can do!
(c) She's not there, I warned her not to go.
(d) Go home, Phuong is waiting there.

9. What has happened to Fowler's assistant, Dominguez?
(a) He is in a coma.
(b) He has been kidnapped.
(c) He has become ill and cannot work.
(d) He has deserted to the Vietminh.

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

11. After leaving the Attache's office, what does Fowler say he did in the men's lavatory?
(a) He wrote on the mirror.
(b) He threw up.
(c) He cried.
(d) He stole the hand soap.

12. What does Fowler wish he had the courage for after Vigot leaves?
(a) To commit suicide
(b) To pack up and leave Indochina
(c) To call and say, "I did see Pyle that night."
(d) To make his own opium pipe

13. What does Fowler later have to admit?
(a) That he had sent Pyle on a fool's errand.
(b) That Pyle was really the better man.
(c) That Phuong would have been better off with Pyle.
(d) That Pyle followed his instructions to the letter.

14. When Fowler's car runs out of gas, what does he have to do to get to a Vietnamese lookout?
(a) He climbs a rope ladder and is terrified.
(b) He and Pyle puch the car a hundred meters down the road.
(c) He blinks his car lights to draw attention.
(d) He honks his horn with a secret signal.

15. Returning home, who does Fowler find in his apartment?
(a) Joe
(b) Vigot
(c) Pyle
(d) Phuong

Short Answer Questions

1. What has made Vigot's day so long and tiring?

2. What happens when someone comes demanding that Pyle and Fowler be brought down?

3. What drink does Pyle offer Fowler in Tanyin?

4. Why does Pyle want to take Phuong to America to get married?

5. Why does Fowler tell Pyle he should have a few bad motives?

(see the answer keys)

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