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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. After Fowler leaves a message for Pyle, what does he think he might accomplish?

2. What did Fowler go to see in the other end of rue Catinat?

3. What is Fowler's reply to Vigot's question about who is York Harding?

4. What does Mr. Heng want Fowler to do?

5. Who are the cardinals of Caodaism?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to them on the way back?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granger calls Frenchmen frogs, and British men limeys. Write a paper about the harmful effects of labeling people. Dig deep into the effects of such name calling. Question whether racially biased attitudes ever do any good. Many people cannot see beyond the surface as was the case in the interment of Japanese-Americans during WW II. Include any first hand instances you have either felt or witnessed that involves racial labeling.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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