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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of York's theory In which Pyle believes?
2. What is in the telegram Fowler receives form London?
3. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?
4. When things settle down at the House of the Five Hundred Girls, where do Pyle, Fowler and Phuong go?
5. What does Fowler tell Pyle to do so that the girls will stop mobbing him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the conflict between Fowler and Miss Hei?
2. What signifies a difference in dress between the South and the North of Vietnam?
3. What does Fowler take away from Pyle's apartment?
4. What information does Phuong give Fowler?
5. What is the purpose for having Fowler and Phuong go to the Surete to see Vigot?
6. Tell of Alden Pyle's fascination with York Harding.
7. The morning after Pyle's murder, what is Phuong's concern?
8. What is Fowler's reaction to the priest who offers to take his confession?
9. Incredibly, what does Pyle ask Fowler to do?
10. How does Phuong take the news of Pyle's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write your speculation as to what happened to Phuong and Fowler after the French pulled out of Vietnam. This is a creative writing piece. We know that the French left and the Americans entered the war officially. Fowler was probably more important to his paper than ever. People continued to live in Saigon as the war raged on. When the evacuation came, write your story about what becomes of Fowler and Phuong. Did they get out together? Did Fowler have to leave her there? Did they find a way to slip over into Thailand? Let your imagination run free as you write your extra ending.
Essay Topic 2
Granger typifies the concept of the ugly American. Write a paper explaining what that means and how Granger is a perfect example. To write this paper you must put yourself in the shoes of people from another culture. Americans abroad often adopt the attitude that because they enjoy so many freedoms at home, they should be treated deferentially abroad. Compare Granger's attitude toward not getting straight answers to Fowler's not even bothering to write a story he knows will not get past the censors.
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper expressing your opinion about Pyle setting out to take Phuong away from Fowler. Regardless of the war and Fowler's orders to return to London, was Pyle right or wrong to interfere in Fowler's attachment to Phuong? For one who prides himself on honesty, Pyle is quite aware of the impending departure of Fowler. He had only to bide his time and Fowler would be out of the picture. Whether he admits it to himself or not, Pyle's behavior is much like a rooster trying to establish his dominance in the hen yard.
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