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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Fowler tell Pyle he should have a few bad motives?
(a) So he could use them to keep Phuong.
(b) So he could understand human beings better.
(c) So he could survive in Indochina.
(d) So he would end up in jail.

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

4. What does Fowler discover at Mr. Muoi's garage?
(a) Muoi and his men all all gone; there is an old press there.
(b) Mr. Muoi had been shot.
(c) The molds for making bombs are there.
(d) There was a note from Pyle on Muoi's desk.

5. Who is rumored to be on the mountain?
(a) General The and his troops
(b) The Pope's harem of 3,000 women
(c) The Buddha, Christ and Confucious
(d) A French radar unit

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

7. 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) Phuong has moved out.
(d) His opium has been stolen.

8. What does Pyle accuse Fowler of doing to keep Phuong for himself?
(a) Bribing Miss Hei
(b) Balckmail
(c) Getting her pregnant
(d) Lying

9. What do Caodaists' churches look like?
(a) Green domes with a hole in the top
(b) Stone squares with minarets at the four corners
(c) Golden pagodas
(d) Pink and blue with a huge eye of God over the door

10. How does Fowler dismiss Pyle when he comes to visit?
(a) "Go read some more of your York Harding books."
(b) "Get out of my house before I shoot you."
(c) "Get out and grow up."
(d) "Go away to your Third Force and play with your plastics."

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

12. What is Fowler forced to do since Dominguez is out of commission?
(a) Do his own writing to send to London
(b) Take trishaws everywhere he needs to go
(c) Attend wearisome press conferences and hobble to the Continental for gossip
(d) Stay at home and send Phuong to run errands

13. Why do the two American girls hastily leave The Pavillon?
(a) They were hurrying to a hair salon appointment.
(b) They were going to a parade.
(c) One of them had a date at the movies.
(d) Warren had warned them not to stay past eleven o'clock.

14. What was York Harding's experience in Indochina?
(a) He had been there for one week once on his way from Bangkok to Tokoyo.
(b) Harding had never set foot in Vietnam.
(c) Harding used French press reports to write his book.
(d) Harding got his information from refugees who came to America.

15. What weapon does Vigot say was used on Pyle?
(a) A meat cleaver
(b) A switchblade knife
(c) A Smaurai sword
(d) A rusty bayonet

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fowler ask Mr. Heng about Pyle?

2. When Pyle arrives, why does he say he is surprised that Fowler gave him an invitation to visit?

3. What has happened to Fowler's assistant, Dominguez?

4. What drink does Pyle offer Fowler in Tanyin?

5. When Fowler rushes out to see if he can find Phuong in the wreckage, what does Pyle tell him?

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