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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Vigot say that he does not believe Fowler killed Pyle?
(a) Because Fowler would not have the stomach for murder.
(b) Because Fowler has been cooperative.
(c) Because one does not take a book of an enemy for a souvenir.
(d) Because Fowler's alibi checks out.

3. 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 wanted to apologize.
(c) He thought Fowler wanted to talk about Phuong.
(d) He thought Fowler was mad at him.

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

5. What is Fowler's reaction when the Pope's deputy holds out his hand with a huge ring on his finger?
(a) He shakes the deputy's hand.
(b) He leaves the way the deputy was pointing.
(c) He wonders how many karats it was.
(d) He refuses to kiss it.

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

7. What is behind the Holy See as one approaches Tanyin?
(a) The sacred mountain that looks like a bowler hat.
(b) A dark jungle
(c) The palaces of the Pope of Caodaism
(d) The waterfalls of antiquity

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

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

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

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

12. 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 got his information from refugees who came to America.
(c) Harding had never set foot in Vietnam.
(d) Harding used French press reports to write his book.

13. What takes Fowler's mind off Pyle and Phuong for a few minutes?
(a) He has his cast removed.
(b) He witnesses a murder on the rue Catinat.
(c) He goes along on a French air raid.
(d) He overdoses on opium.

14. 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 climbs a rope ladder and is terrified.
(c) He blinks his car lights to draw attention.
(d) He honks his horn with a secret signal.

15. What is Caodaism?
(a) A philosophy of a blend of communism and capitalism.
(b) A religion that started in Vietnam and spreak to Korea.
(c) A cult religion that blends Confucianism, Christianit, and Buddhism.
(d) A religious front for a counter military insurgency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Returning home, who does Fowler find in his apartment?

2. Who are the cardinals of Caodaism?

3. What is Fowler's reply to Vigot's question about who is York Harding?

4. Why does Fowler want to read Phuong's thoughts?

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

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