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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. How does Mr. Heng express his agreement with Fowler?
(a) He says he agrees that Pyle had nothing to do with the bombs.
(b) He says he agrees that it is not safe to ask too many questions.
(c) He says he agrees that Pyle is too young.
(d) He agrees that Pyle needs to be restrained.

2. What was York Harding's experience in Indochina?
(a) He had been there for one week once on his way from Bangkok to Tokoyo.
(b) Harding got his information from refugees who came to America.
(c) Harding had never set foot in Vietnam.
(d) Harding used French press reports to write his book.

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

4. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?
(a) As a remnant of the old colonialists
(b) As an idealist like Pyle
(c) As an ugly American
(d) As an important government official

5. What does Vigot say he dislikes most about his job?
(a) Chasing illegal gamblers
(b) All the paperwork
(c) Spending so much time in mortuaries
(d) The stupid people who work under him

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fowler's car runs out of gas, what does he have to do to get to a Vietnamese lookout?

2. What does Vigot want Fowler to tell him?

3. What does Fowler discover at 3:00 a.m.?

4. What is Caodaism?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fowler mean when he tells Vigot that York Harding in the man who killed Alden Pyle?

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

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

4. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

5. What admonition does Fowler give Pyle because of his support of General The?

6. Almost in spite of himself, what advice is Fowler compelled to give Pyle?

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

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

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

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

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