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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Fowler tell Vigot he should have become?
(a) A priest
(b) A shop keeper
(c) A reporter
(d) A magician

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

6. What happens right after the American girls leave The Pavillon?
(a) A French woman comes to Fowler's table.
(b) Pyle enters with a disguised General The.
(c) A bomb goes off near the bar.
(d) It begins to rain heavily.

7. What does Vigot say he dislikes most about his job?
(a) Spending so much time in mortuaries
(b) Chasing illegal gamblers
(c) The stupid people who work under him
(d) All the paperwork

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

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

10. After Fowler leaves a message for Pyle, what does he think he might accomplish?
(a) Perhaps warn Pyle of the danger he is in and get him to stop what he is doing.
(b) Get Pyle to leave immediately with Phuong because she is in danger.
(c) Go to the Surete and tell them everything he knows about the bombing.
(d) Talk Pyle into taking an emergency trip to America.

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

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

13. Who does Fowler run into in Tanyin?
(a) Miss Hei
(b) Pyle
(c) Granger
(d) Vigot

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Trouin say he hates most about the war?

2. Who is rumored to be on the mountain?

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

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

5. Why are Fowler and Pyle marooned in the Vietnamese tower?

(see the answer keys)

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