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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 goes to see Pyle, to whom does he talk?

2. What is behind the Holy See as one approaches Tanyin?

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

4. What does Dominguez advise Fowler to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Caodaists and why does Fowler go to where they are?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 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.

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