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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. When Fowler rushes out to see if he can find Phuong in the wreckage, what does Pyle tell him?

2. Back in the present time, what does Fowler do to get Phuong out of the house when Vigot arrives?

3. Who does Fowler run into in Tanyin?

4. What happens when someone comes demanding that Pyle and Fowler be brought down?

5. What does Dominguez do when Fowler swats at a mosquito droning near his ear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

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

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

6. What happens to them on the way back?

7. What does Fowler wish he had had the guts to do while Vigot was there?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper on your opinion of sacrificing the few for the good of the many. This is one of the hard questions about war in general especially as it has evolved over the years. It is no longer something that takes place on a specified battle field where the only casualties are the combatants. A bomb dropped on an enemy hideout will also destroy many innocent lives. On a personal level, the question is often raised about whether one would save one life if it meant that five others would die; or would one sacrifice that one life to save the other five? It seems that such a moral judgment is not applicable to the impersonal war machine. What is your opinion?

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about why Mr. Heng was so sure that Thomas Fowler would cooperate in getting Pyle to the restaurant. There are two factors here for your paper. One, is the idea of coming out on top in a love triangle. Asian men especially would relate to this concept. The other is the factor of Fowler's dependence on covert information to write his articles. Your paper will evaluate which motive is stronger with Fowler.

Essay Topic 3

Write your opinion about whether one country should interfere in another country's politics. The French were in Indochina as long time colonialists. The war was actually a movement to get them out of the country. Somewhere along the way, the lines got blurred in the situation and American politicians began to suggest that the war was a necessity to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. The Vietnamese allies in the country were those who had prospered under French colonialism. You might want to compare America's involvement after the French leave to America's search for weapons of mass destruction in modern day Iraq.

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