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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Hei want from Fowler?
(a) Information about Pyle
(b) Money
(c) Permission to visit Phuong at his apartment
(d) To see him some opium

2. What book does Pyle go on and on about?
(a) The History of War
(b) Democracy and the Eastern Cultures
(c) The Red Badge of Courage
(d) The Yellow Peril

3. Instead of Pyle, who comes to Fowler's door after midnight?
(a) It is a messenger from the US embassy.
(b) It is a messenger from Vigot, a French officer who is a casual social acquaintance of Fowler.
(c) It is Phuong's elder sister who is trying to get Phuong married to an American.
(d) It is the landlord wanting to know why the lights are still on.

4. Why does Miss Hei not like Fowler?
(a) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is a police informer because he asks a lot of questions.
(b) Miss Hei thinks Fowler is far too old for Phuong to be living with.
(c) Miss Hei does not like Fowler because her goal in life is to marry Phuong off to a rich European and Fowler is already married.
(d) Miss Hei cannot get Fowler to pay for Phuong's company.

5. How do the Vietminh infiltrate the city?
(a) The Vietminh arrive as traders looking for business.
(b) The Vietminh come in as rice traders.
(c) The Vietminh join their procession for Fatima and take them by surprise.
(d) The Vietminh enter the city dressed as nuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pyle feel the need to speak to Fowler at all?

2. Why is the American Attache upset?

3. What are the results of the battle that follows the Vietminh's infiltration?

4. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?

5. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?

(see the answer key)

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