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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 does Phuong tell Vigot about her and Pyle?
(a) She says that Pyle is her sister's boyfriend.
(b) She says that for the past month she has been living with Pyle. They will be married soon.
(c) She says there is nothing going on between her and Pyle.
(d) She pretends she does not understand and does not reply.

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

3. Why does Pyle feel the need to speak to Fowler at all?
(a) He thinks Fowler is like Phuong's father and he wants his permission to marry her.
(b) He wants Fowler to order Phuong out of his house.
(c) He is in love with Phuong and wants to do the honorable thing by Fowler.
(d) He is ready to kill Fowler if he objects.

4. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?
(a) Peraud is mad about Vietnamese art.
(b) Peraud has a phobia against germs.
(c) Peraud is devoted to Our Lady of Fatima.
(d) Peraud is infatuated with every woman he meets.

5. How does Fowler see most of the men in the press corps?
(a) He sees them as being very familiar with the culture of Vietnam.
(b) He sees them as men who could not get a job anywhere else.
(c) Fowler finds his American colleagues in the press to be big, noisy, boyish and middle-aged types.
(d) He sees them as quiet, hard working professionals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?

2. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?

3. What procession is formed in the city of Phat Diem?

4. What does Fowler think about the prospects of the French holding the north?

5. How does Pyle see himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What suggestions does Fowler offer Vigot as to who might have killed Pyle?

4. What information does Phuong give Fowler?

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

6. Why does Fowler want to answer Vigot's questions quickly and get out of his office?

7. What signifies a difference in dress between the South and the North of Vietnam?

8. What is the purpose for having Fowler and Phuong go to the Surete to see Vigot?

9. Why does it take Fowler three weeks to get back to Saigon?

10. What is the strange scene when Phuong comes in while Pyle is still there?

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