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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 Pyle say about his importing plastics?
(a) That the French want everything to come from France.
(b) That the plastics are for a new type of boat.
(c) That someone got their story wrong.
(d) That the Vietnamese are making ping pong balls.

2. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?
(a) He is a reporter for the New York Times.
(b) He works for Harvard University.
(c) He is a battery manufacturer.
(d) He works for the Economic Aid Mission.

3. What does Fowler find so annoying about the letter from Pyle?
(a) The letter is annoyingly boyish.
(b) The letter is annoyingly long.
(c) The letter is annoyingly rude.
(d) The letter is annoyingly illiterate.

4. What is strange about Fowler's relationship with Phuong?
(a) She cannot speak any English or French.
(b) They have been together for several years, yet mysteriously she is engaged to marry Alden Pyle.
(c) He is old enough to be her grandfather.
(d) He is ashamed to take her out anywhere in public.

5. Where do Granger, Joe and Pyle decide to go?
(a) They decide to go next door to the House of Five Hundred Girls.
(b) They decide to go to the American embassy.
(c) They decide to go to the Majestic theater.
(d) They decide to go to Fowler's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Returning to the night Fowler met Pyle, where was he?

2. What is in the telegram Fowler receives form London?

3. Who comes to the table to talk to Fowler while Pyle and Phuong are dancing?

4. Instead of Pyle, who comes to Fowler's door after midnight?

5. What feeling does Vigot reveal about Pyle's murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Granger say about covering a war?

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

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

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

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

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

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