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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Kim talk to Paul while having lunch?
(a) That communists are the ones who killed the Ngo brothers.
(b) That the third Ngo brother escaped to the United States.
(c) His family's royal history, his present poverty, his service to the exiled Mme. Nhu.
(d) That Kim is a dead man.

2. According to the conversation between the two men, why will the U.S. Marines have to come to the rescue?
(a) The generals will fail.
(b) The new regime will start killing off those of the opposing party.
(c) The President will not tolerate instability in the new government.
(d) The communists will decide it's time for a takeover.

3. What is mentioned as part of the French culture at the time?
(a) Indifference to the United States.
(b) Hyperpatriotism.
(c) Anti-Americanism.
(d) Indifference to the plight of the Vietnamese.

4. What does Paul bring to the Truong toc's?
(a) A bribe.
(b) A letter of introduction.
(c) Valuable information.
(d) Some incriminating photographs.

5. What becomes Paul's alias?
(a) P. C. Walker.
(b) P.S. Runner.
(c) Chris Paulson.
(d) P. S. Offen.

6. What is Luong renamed in death?
(a) Thiem.
(b) Thu.
(c) Tho.
(d) Diem.

7. What do the Ngos need?
(a) An American gunman.
(b) A secret liaision in Washington.
(c) A way to escape.
(d) A large sum of money.

8. What does Paul give his girlfriend before heading to Asia?
(a) A letter for David if Paul does not return.
(b) A ring.
(c) A will.
(d) A letter for his parents if he does not return.

9. What does Foley believe about Paul and David?
(a) That Paul is using David for information.
(b) He believes Paul is obsessed and questions David's objectivity.
(c) That David is using Paul for a promotion.
(d) That they are in collusion and will harm the United States.

10. Who is Klimenko?
(a) Paul's contact in Bangkok.
(b) A Tass agent.
(c) Tom's contact in the USSR.
(d) A rogue Soviet agent.

11. What happens to Wolkowicz in WWII?
(a) He is a spy in Germany.
(b) He is a spy in Poland.
(c) He has to stay in Washington, D.C. the entire war even though he wants to fight to liberate Poland.
(d) He is tortured.

12. Where does David's letter send Paul?
(a) To a specific box in the Union de Banques Suisses.
(b) To Brussels to a self-service storage facility.
(c) To St. Peter's Basilica.
(d) To Venice to a former employee of the Outfit.

13. When do David and Paul meet?
(a) While recuperating from wounds together in World War II.
(b) At Dartmouth before WWII.
(c) Just after WWII ends and both are applying to work for the CIA.
(d) While both are skiing at Vail.

14. What does Paul not want to talk about?
(a) His feelings.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His work.
(d) His poetry and his real life.

15. What does the Truong toc show Paul?
(a) A secret document written by Webster.
(b) His daughter's picture.
(c) Molly's picture.
(d) His son's picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Paul have dinner before his 10 PM flight?

2. What does David say about the "outfit" as regards the Ngo men?

3. Where does Paul recommend Luong's brother search for Luong's killer?

4. What does Foley send to Vietnam with Peggy McKinney's brother?

5. What does Paul find when he reaches Saigon?

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