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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. Back in the present time, what does Fowler do to get Phuong out of the house when Vigot arrives?
(a) He hides her in a back room.
(b) He sends her to the movies.
(c) He sends her to her sister.
(d) He hide her under his bed.

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

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

4. Who gets a job for Miss Hei with the Americans?
(a) Alden Pyle
(b) Thomas Fowler
(c) Joe, the Economic Attache
(d) Phuong

5. When someone does knock on Fowler's door, who is it?
(a) Mr. Chou
(b) Dominguez
(c) Phuong
(d) Vigot

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fowler go to see in the other end of rue Catinat?

2. What happens at the fountain in front of the big store?

3. What does Dominguez advise Fowler to do?

4. What does Phuong give Fowler after he gets home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange encounter does Fowler have with Bill Granger at the Vieux Moulin?

2. What important person does Fowler meet at the insistence of Dominguez?

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

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

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

6. What makes work more difficult for Fowler with his leg in a cast?

7. Who are the Caodaists and why does Fowler go to where they are?

8. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

9. When Fowler goes to see Mr. Heng after the Garnier bomb, what request does Heng make of him?

10. After his stay in the hospital, where does Fowler find Phuong?

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