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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pyle see himself?
(a) He describes himself as an observer with no real views on the war.
(b) He sees himself as a possible source of winning information.
(c) He sees himself as being trapped where he doesn't want to be.
(d) He sees himself as a serious backer of the French.

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

3. How does Pyle treat Phuong when they first meet?
(a) He treats her as if she were a fine lady.
(b) He treats her as if she were not there.
(c) He treats her as an older person.
(d) He treats her as if she were a street walker.

4. How does Joe the Attache speak crudely about Phuong?
(a) He refers to all Vietnamese women as whores.
(b) He refers to Phuong as Fowler's piece of tail.
(c) He brags that he once had her when she worked in the dancehall.
(d) He asks Phuong what she charges by the hour.

5. What does Vigot allow Fowler to do in Pyle's apartment?
(a) Take one of Pyle's York Harding books
(b) Take a photograph of Phuong that was by Pyle's bed
(c) Rearrange Pyle's library
(d) Wipe Phuong's fingerprints off everything

Short Answer Questions

1. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?

2. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?

3. When things settle down at the House of the Five Hundred Girls, where do Pyle, Fowler and Phuong go?

4. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?

5. Is Fowler listening closely to Pyle's ideas about war?

(see the answer key)

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