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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 does Fowler ask Mr. Heng about Pyle?

2. Why does Fowler go to The Pavillon after leaving the apartment on rue Catinat?

3. Who gets a job for Miss Hei with the Americans?

4. What comment does Vigot make when Fowler says that Pyle got mixed up.

5. How does Fowler dismiss Pyle when he comes to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the real reason Vigot comes to play Quatre-Vingt-et-Un with Fowler?

10. What happens to them on the way back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The beginning of what we call the Vietnam war was an effort on the part of Vietnamese Communists to overthrow French colonialism. Write a paper on your opinion about the Americans becoming involved after the French pulled out. The implication of Pyle's trying to set up a Third Force hints at a premeditated plan on the part of America to be ready to step in when the French pull out. Do you think that is what happened?

Essay Topic 3

Young idealistic men often think of war as something glamorous. Using the descriptions in the book, write a paper about the horrors of war. To do this, use the description of the massacre at Phat Diem, the bomb explosion in Saigon, the ignoble assassination of Pyle, and Trouin's description of the use of napalm. Pyle comes to Vietnam, ignores the advice and observations of men who have been there for years, and idolizes York Harding. Show how this makes him idealistic and sure that he is invulnerable.

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