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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Pyle arrives, why does he say he is surprised that Fowler gave him an invitation to visit?
(a) He thought Fowler had realized Pyle's good work.
(b) He thought Fowler was mad at him.
(c) He thought Fowler wanted to apologize.
(d) He thought Fowler wanted to talk about Phuong.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Vigot want Fowler to tell him?
(a) That Pyle told Fowler who was trying to murder him.
(b) That Pyle had told him what he was doing in Indochina.
(c) That he had seen Pyle the night he was murdered.
(d) That he had been keeping Pyle's dog for a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fowler learn from Mr. Chou's manager, Mr. Heng?

2. Who gets a job for Miss Hei with the Americans?

3. What drink does Pyle offer Fowler in Tanyin?

4. What happens right after the American girls leave The Pavillon?

5. What does Vigot want to do without Phuong being present?

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