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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Pyle leaves, how long does it take Fowler to get to Saigon?
(a) Two months
(b) Three weeks
(c) Ten days
(d) Three days

2. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?
(a) Graham Greene
(b) York Harding
(c) Noel Coward
(d) Len Deighton

3. What happens to wounded French soldiers when no helicopters are available to rescue them?
(a) Vietnamese civilians have formed a brigade to rescue them.
(b) Without helicopters, wounded soldiers have little chance of getting carried to a hospital. They are left to die where they fall.
(c) French special forces go in on foot to bring them to safety.
(d) They are given poison pills to take if they fear being captured.

4. Having nothing else to do, where does Fowler go once he is back in Saigon?
(a) Fowler,with nothing else to do, attends a press conference led by a handsome young French colonel.
(b) With nothing else to do, he starts trying to find out more about Pyle.
(c) With nothing else to do, Fowler goes to interview a French lieutenant.
(d) With nothing else to do, Fowler goes to the House of the Five Hundred Girls.

5. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?
(a) He is covering the war in Vietnam in 1952 in which the French armies are fighting against the Communist Vietminh.
(b) He is writing a book about the Vietnamese people.
(c) He is on holiday from his correspondance post in India.
(d) He is looking for a young Asian wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fowler find so annoying about the letter from Pyle?

2. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?

3. What offer does Pyle make to Miss Hei?

4. What does a priest offer Fowler?

5. What is it about Pyle that particularly annoys Fowler?

(see the answer key)

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