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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Fowler go to The Pavillon after leaving the apartment on rue Catinat?
(a) To avoid seeing Phuong at the Milk Fountain
(b) To meet Joe, the Economic Attache
(c) To see if Phuong is there
(d) To find Vigot and ask about Pyle

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 says Fowler can stay if he accepts a salary cut.
(d) He agrees that Fowler should stay in Saigon.

7. What has made Vigot's day so long and tiring?
(a) Petty thefts and a few suicides
(b) Catching up on paperwork
(c) Meetings with the French Embassy
(d) Murder and sudden deaths

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

9. After leaving the Attache's office, what does Fowler say he did in the men's lavatory?
(a) He wrote on the mirror.
(b) He threw up.
(c) He cried.
(d) He stole the hand soap.

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

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

12. What happens when someone comes demanding that Pyle and Fowler be brought down?
(a) Fowler jumps and breaks his ankle; Pyle comes down the ladder; the tower explodes.
(b) Fowler is relieved that General The's men have come to get them.
(c) Fowler and Pyle find a back way out and escape.
(d) Pyle says it must be a French patrol he had been expecting.

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

14. 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) Perhaps warn Pyle of the danger he is in and get him to stop what he is doing.
(c) Talk Pyle into taking an emergency trip to America.
(d) Get Pyle to leave immediately with Phuong because she is in danger.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Pyle want to take Phuong to America to get married?

3. What does Mr. Heng want Fowler to do?

4. What does Vigot want Fowler to tell him?

5. When Fowler goes to see Pyle, to whom does he talk?

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