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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. How does Mr. Heng express his agreement with Fowler?

2. What happens at the fountain in front of the big store?

3. What does Fowler learn from Mr. Chou's manager, Mr. Heng?

4. When Fowler's car runs out of gas, what does he have to do to get to a Vietnamese lookout?

5. What does Captain Trouin say he hates most about the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. After Pyle takes Phuong away, where did Fowler go with Captain Trouin?

10. What did Fowler find at the garage of Mr. Muoi?

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

Using the Caodaists as an example, write a paper about religious cultism and why you think people join them. There are enough converts to this cult to make it a viable player in the war. Historically, however, there have always been cults and people who flock to them to their own destruction. It is this feature of cultism that gives them their power in numbers. Look up some examples of other cult religions and compare the Caodaists to them.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper explaining why Fowler tells Vigot that York Harding killed Alden Pyle. This will be an opinion piece about how people are influenced by what they read. Fowler recognizes that Pyle has been taken up in an idealistic dream over Harding's untried idea that a Third Force is the answer to the Vietnam conflict. The fallacy of that idea should be readily apparent. It would not serve to bolster the position of the one force it is meant to enhance. Rather, would it not just create a new entity in the struggle for power? Answer this question by pointing out what Pyle's Third Force did by supporting General The.

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