View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the American Attache upset?
(a) He wis called out of bed to come to Pyle's apartment.
(b) He knows Pyle's father.
(c) He is upset seeing Fowler on the scene.
(d) He thinks the French should stay out of it.

2. What are the results of the battle that follows the Vietminh's infiltration?
(a) Four days later this battle is an obvious defeat for the French.
(b) Fowler is taken prisoner.
(c) There are only Vietminh casualties.
(d) The Vietminh are soundly defeated.

3. What restriction is imposed by the French after the battle of Phat Diem?
(a) No journalists, including Fowler, are allowed to report it.
(b) No one is allowed near the river.
(c) No one can leave the area without a security check.
(d) No one can return to Saigon until reinforcements arrive.

4. Who surprises Fowler by showing up during the march out of Phat Diem?
(a) Vigot
(b) Granger
(c) Pyle
(d) Hei

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of York's theory In which Pyle believes?

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

3. What makes Vigot even more suspicious of Fowler?

4. Fowler, who is British, has developed what feeling about Vietnam?

5. What happens to wounded French soldiers when no helicopters are available to rescue them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Phuong take the news of Pyle's death?

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

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

9. What does Fowler take away from Pyle's apartment?

10. Tell of Alden Pyle's fascination with York Harding.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 853 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample