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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Pyle leaves, what does Phuong do for Fowler?
(a) Makes his opium pipe
(b) Gives him a bath
(c) Makes dinner
(d) Kisses his feet

2. How does the telegram affect Fowler?
(a) He knows he won't get his opium pipes in London.
(b) He nearly jumps for joy at getting out of Vietnam.
(c) The telegram makes him sad; if he leaves, it means Phuong will marry Pyle.
(d) He is angry that they did not consult him first.

3. Besides Phuong, why does Fowler really want to stay in Vietnam?
(a) He wants to put Pyle in his place.
(b) He thinks he can be an editor in Vietnam.
(c) He takes pride in his apathy and lack of views. He does not want to be an editor but an observer.
(d) He thinks there is going to be a major break for the French in the war soon.

4. How was Pyle killed?
(a) Someone poured gasoline on him and set him on fire.
(b) Someone strangled him and threw his body in the river.
(c) Someone shot him in the head.
(d) Someone stabbed him before dumping his body in the mud and he drowned.

5. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?
(a) A vulgar floorshow with female impersonators begins and Plyle thinks is not suitable for Phuong.
(b) Pyle sees someone across the room and thinks it might be trouble.
(c) Pyle sees that Phuong is going home with Fowler and he gets sad.
(d) Pyle receives a phone call and says that he needs to go right away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?

2. Why does Vigot tell Fowler he is a suspect in the murder?

3. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?

4. What restriction is imposed by the French after the battle of Phat Diem?

5. What does Fowler dream after he finally falls asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What language does Pyle use that Fowler sees as boyish and naive?

2. Describe the old women on the street near Thomas Fowler's apartment.

3. What does Fowler see when he goes to Phat Diem?

4. After Pyle and Phuong dance, how does the conversation go between Pyle and Miss Hei?

5. At the press conference, what is the French colonel's response to the question of French casualties?

6. When Fowler offers Pyle a drink of whiskey, how does the conversation go?

7. What happens when Pyle invites himself over for a drink?

8. What news does Bill Granger offer about the war in the North when the Economic Attache asks?

9. When Granger pins the colonel down on the fact that supplies have not arrived for the army at the front, what happens?

10. In a flashback, describe how Pyle meets Fowler and Phuong.

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