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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. How does Mr. Heng express his agreement with Fowler?
(a) He agrees that Pyle needs to be restrained.
(b) He says he agrees that Pyle is too young.
(c) He says he agrees that Pyle had nothing to do with the bombs.
(d) He says he agrees that it is not safe to ask too many questions.

5. Returning to the time after Pyle's murder, what does Vigot tell Fowler?
(a) They know who murdered Pyle.
(b) They cremated Pyle's body.
(c) They still have not found the dog.
(d) They found Pyle's dog with its throat cut.

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

7. What drink does Pyle offer Fowler in Tanyin?
(a) Gin
(b) Warm beer
(c) Scotch
(d) Lime juice

8. Why does Phuong open the telegram before Fowler gets home?
(a) She thought it might be something she should take to him in the hospital.
(b) She says telegrams are public.
(c) She thought it might be from his wife.
(d) She thought is was a money gram.

9. What does Captain Trouin say he hates most about the war?
(a) The napalm bombing
(b) The long hours
(c) The night flights
(d) The dead children

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

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

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

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

14. When Fowler goes to see Pyle, to whom does he talk?
(a) Miss Hei
(b) Mr. Heng
(c) Joe, the Economic Attache
(d) Dominguez

15. 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 hides her in a back room.
(c) He sends her to the movies.
(d) He hide her under his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dominguez do when Fowler swats at a mosquito droning near his ear?

2. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?

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

4. What do Caodaists' churches look like?

5. After leaving the Attache's office, what does Fowler say he did in the men's lavatory?

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