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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. Why does Fowler go to The Pavillon after leaving the apartment on rue Catinat?
(a) To avoid seeing Phuong at the Milk Fountain
(b) To see if Phuong is there
(c) To meet Joe, the Economic Attache
(d) To find Vigot and ask about Pyle

2. What does Mr. Heng say that reminds him of Captain Trouin?
(a) "We do what we have to do."
(b) "Sooner or later, one has to take sides if one is to remain human."
(c) "War is hell."
(d) "Forget the carnage and think of the future."

3. After Fowler leaves a message for Pyle, what does he think he might accomplish?
(a) Perhaps warn Pyle of the danger he is in and get him to stop what he is doing.
(b) Get Pyle to leave immediately with Phuong because she is in danger.
(c) Go to the Surete and tell them everything he knows about the bombing.
(d) Talk Pyle into taking an emergency trip to America.

4. What happens when someone comes demanding that Pyle and Fowler be brought down?
(a) Fowler jumps and breaks his ankle; Pyle comes down the ladder; the tower explodes.
(b) Fowler and Pyle find a back way out and escape.
(c) Pyle says it must be a French patrol he had been expecting.
(d) Fowler is relieved that General The's men have come to get them.

5. What has happened to Fowler's assistant, Dominguez?
(a) He has become ill and cannot work.
(b) He has been kidnapped.
(c) He has deserted to the Vietminh.
(d) He is in a coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vigot want Fowler to tell him?

2. What does Fowler discover at Mr. Muoi's garage?

3. What does Fowler wish he had the courage for after Vigot leaves?

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

5. Why does Fowler want to read Phuong's thoughts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What elaborate precautions does Fowler take that evening?

3. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

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

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

6. Why is Pyle upset that the bomb had gone off that day?

7. What happens right after two American girls walk out of the Pavilon?

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

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

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

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