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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 in the telegram Fowler receives form London?
(a) He is fired for not turning in any reports.
(b) They want his report of Phat Diem.
(c) He has been promoted to foreign editor. He will be leaving Vietnam for a desk job in London.
(d) They want him to interview the French commanding general.

2. Where do Pyle and Fowler want to go?
(a) They both want to go to Bangkok.
(b) Both Pyle and Fowler express interest in going to Phat Diem to access the situation.
(c) Pyle wants to go to America and Fowler wants to go to England.
(d) They say they would like to go to Cambodia.

3. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?
(a) The stock market in the Wall Street Journal
(b) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(c) The latest scandals in Hollywood
(d) The British Royal Family, especially Princess Margaret

4. Instead of Pyle, who comes to Fowler's door after midnight?
(a) It is the landlord wanting to know why the lights are still on.
(b) It is Phuong's elder sister who is trying to get Phuong married to an American.
(c) It is a messenger from Vigot, a French officer who is a casual social acquaintance of Fowler.
(d) It is a messenger from the US embassy.

5. Why is Phuong unhappy with Pyle and not want to see him?
(a) Because he never came to see her while Fowler was away.
(b) Because he has not paid Hei any marriage money.
(c) Because her sister does not approve of him.
(d) Because he did not get the job for Hei.

Short Answer Questions

1. When things settle down at the House of the Five Hundred Girls, where do Pyle, Fowler and Phuong go?

2. What rather obnoxious person comes to the table where Fowler, Joe the Attache, Pyle, and Phuong are seated?

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

4. How does Fowler get to the city of Phat Diem?

5. How does Pyle arrive at Fowler's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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