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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?
(a) As an idealist like Pyle
(b) As an important government official
(c) As an ugly American
(d) As a remnant of the old colonialists

3. How does Mr. Heng say he knew about the bomb in the Garnier?
(a) It was on the radio.
(b) The police had been to Mr. Muoi's house.
(c) Someone called him.
(d) Pyle told him.

4. What does Fowler ask Mr. Heng about Pyle?
(a) If Phuong is safe with Pyle.
(b) If Vigot has any connection to Pyle.
(c) Who Pyle's chief is.
(d) How he came to meet Pyle.

5. How does Mr. Heng greet Fowler when he comes to visit?
(a) He is agitated because he was having a meeting.
(b) He tells Fowler to go away and he will contact him later.
(c) He is surprised that Fowler would come after the bombing.
(d) He says he is always glad to see him.

6. What is Helen's answer to Fowler about getting a divorce?
(a) The answer is no.
(b) She needs more time to think.
(c) She agrees.
(d) Maybe, if he returns to England.

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

8. What does Mr. Heng say that reminds him of Captain Trouin?
(a) "Forget the carnage and think of the future."
(b) "War is hell."
(c) "We do what we have to do."
(d) "Sooner or later, one has to take sides if one is to remain human."

9. What was wrong with the bombing that day?
(a) Several Americans were killed accidentally.
(b) Pyle did not know they had cancelled the parade which was the main target.
(c) It was supposed to go off in the officers quarters.
(d) It was more powerful than they had planned.

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

11. What does Vigot want to do without Phuong being present?
(a) Join Fowler in an opium pipe
(b) Play a dice game
(c) Come to Fowler's apartment and ask more questions
(d) Go through Phuong's possessions

12. Why are Fowler and Pyle marooned in the Vietnamese tower?
(a) It is past curfew.
(b) There is shooting down below.
(c) There is no gasoline near there.
(d) The rope ladder has been taken away.

13. 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 Pyle is planning to kidnap Phuong.
(c) That Pyle is buying military equipment from Mr. Chou.
(d) That the Economic Attache is receiving goods for Pyle.

14. What does the second letter from Fowler's editor say?
(a) He writes that Fowler will come home or lose his job.
(b) He gives fowler another six months.
(c) He agrees that Fowler should stay in Saigon.
(d) He says Fowler can stay if he accepts a salary cut.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fowler go to The Pavillon after leaving the apartment on rue Catinat?

2. What weapon does Vigot say was used on Pyle?

3. What does Fowler tell Vigot he should have become?

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

5. What does Phuong give Fowler after he gets home?

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