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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 Dominguez advise Fowler to do?
(a) To meet Mr. Heng outside the big store on the Boulevard Charner
(b) Come and take him to the hsopital
(c) Invite Mr. Heng to come to his house for dinner
(d) Go see what Mr. Heng received yesterday

2. What takes Fowler's mind off Pyle and Phuong for a few minutes?
(a) He goes along on a French air raid.
(b) He has his cast removed.
(c) He witnesses a murder on the rue Catinat.
(d) He overdoses on opium.

3. Who is rumored to be on the mountain?
(a) The Buddha, Christ and Confucious
(b) A French radar unit
(c) The Pope's harem of 3,000 women
(d) General The and his troops

4. What does Fowler wish he had the courage for after Vigot leaves?
(a) To commit suicide
(b) To pack up and leave Indochina
(c) To call and say, "I did see Pyle that night."
(d) To make his own opium pipe

5. What is Fowler forced to do since Dominguez is out of commission?
(a) Take trishaws everywhere he needs to go
(b) Attend wearisome press conferences and hobble to the Continental for gossip
(c) Do his own writing to send to London
(d) Stay at home and send Phuong to run errands

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pyle arrives, why does he say he is surprised that Fowler gave him an invitation to visit?

2. What does Fowler learn from Mr. Chou's manager, Mr. Heng?

3. What does Vigot say he dislikes most about his job?

4. What is Fowler's concern as he returns to his rooms after being in the hospital?

5. Why does Fowler tell Pyle he should have a few bad motives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Fowler find at the garage of Mr. Muoi?

2. What does Fowler witness with Mr. Heng who had called him to big store at the corner of Boulevard Charner?

3. After Pyle takes Phuong away, where did Fowler go with Captain Trouin?

4. When Fowler returns to his flat, who is there?

5. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

6. What trouble is Pyle having when Fowler runs into him on this trip?

7. What new evidence about Pyle's death makes Vigot sure that Fowler did not kill him?

8. What evidence is there that Vigot knows Fowler is involved in some way with Pyle's murder?

9. What happens to them on the way back?

10. What is the gist of Helen's letter to Fowler?

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