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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. What is the conflicting report about the war in the North?
(a) Granger says the French are doing well in the northwest, but the Attaché reports that the Vietminh are about to take Phat Diem.
(b) Granger says General The is fighting with the French and the attache says General The is dead.
(c) The attache says the Vietminh are retreating but Granger says they are coming to Saigon.
(d) Some say the Americans are pulling out and others say the Germans are coming.

2. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?
(a) That their son had died of malaria.
(b) That their son had been run over by a bus.
(c) That their son had died a soldier's death in the cause of Democracy.
(d) That their son had died of heart failure.

3. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?
(a) Vigot tells Fowler that Phuong is a spy.
(b) Vigot gives Fowler a message from Pyle.
(c) Vigot offers to buy Phuong.
(d) Vigot tells him that Pyle has been murdered.

4. What is the name of York's theory In which Pyle believes?
(a) The Mind's Eye
(b) The Third Force
(c) The Magnum Force
(d) The Last Stand

5. Why does Miss Hei not like Fowler?
(a) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is far too old for Phuong to be living with.
(b) Miss Hei does not like Fowler because her goal in life is to marry Phuong off to a rich European and Fowler is already married.
(c) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is a police informer because he asks a lot of questions.
(d) Miss Hei cannot get Fowler to pay for Phuong's company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Phuong unhappy with Pyle and not want to see him?

2. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?

3. What is Fowler thinking as he watches Pyle and Phuong dancing?

4. After Pyle leaves, how long does it take Fowler to get to Saigon?

5. What is the difference between Fowler and Pyle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What new complication is Fowler struggling with besides the possibility of losing to Pyle?

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

4. What is Fowler's reaction to the priest who offers to take his confession?

5. What did Fowler do to get Pyle out of the House of the Five Hundred Girls?

6. What is so annoying about the letter from Pyle that is waiting for Fowler when he finally gets home?

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

8. What is the conflict between Fowler and Miss Hei?

9. What is it about Pyle that Fowler cannot put into his cable to his newspaper?

10. The morning after Pyle's murder, what is Phuong's concern?

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