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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Vigot reveal about Pyle's murder?
(a) Vigot says he is not sorry that Pyle is dead because he was causing a lot of harm.
(b) He says he has no feeling because he never met Pyle.
(c) He is sad that they got Pyle instead of some outrageous American.
(d) He cannot believe someone would kill such a gentle person.

2. What does Fowler see when he goes out?
(a) He sees that the United Nations is there to help the survivors.
(b) He sees bodies and body parts floating in canals, some covered with flies, some lying dead on the road.
(c) He sees that the town was not touched and most people are alive.
(d) He sees that the Vietminh have set up a hospital to treat the wounded.

3. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(b) The British Royal Family, especially Princess Margaret
(c) The stock market in the Wall Street Journal
(d) The latest scandals in Hollywood

4. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?
(a) He sees Alden Pyle as a boy who is acting like a man.
(b) He sees Alden Pyle as modest, serious, quiet, and soft-spoken.
(c) He sees Alden Pyle as a complete fool who should go home.
(d) He sees Alden Pyle as mature beyond his years.

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

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

7. Who comes to the table to talk to Fowler while Pyle and Phuong are dancing?
(a) The Continental manager comes over to Fowler's table.
(b) Lieutenant Virot comes to join Fowler.
(c) A French soldier asks Fowler for a light.
(d) Miss Hei, Phuong's older sister, comes to speak to Fowler.

8. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?
(a) He says he was at the Continental and then saw a movie and later had dinner. People would remember him at these places.
(b) He says he had a party at his house from seven until eleven.
(c) He says that he was at the clinic getting an allergy shot.
(d) He says he was with Phuong all evening long.

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

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

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

12. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?
(a) He works for Harvard University.
(b) He works for the Economic Aid Mission.
(c) He is a battery manufacturer.
(d) He is a reporter for the New York Times.

13. What rumors about Pyle have been circulated and find their way to Phuong?
(a) That he was sent to Vietnam as a punishment.
(b) That he is married in America.
(c) That he has a history of abusing women.
(d) That he is into importing drugs and medicine.

14. What does a priest offer Fowler?
(a) To let him stay in the rectory
(b) To notify his relatives
(c) To hear his confession
(d) To give him a ride to Saigon

15. What does Miss Hei tell Pyle when he and Phuong return to the table?
(a) Miss Hei tells Pyle that Phuong has a younger sister he can have.
(b) Miss Hei tells Pyle that the dance will cost him one thousand francs.
(c) Miss Hei tells Pyle that Phuong is the most beautiful woman in Saigon and needs care and protection.
(d) Miss Hei tells Pyle that Phuong is a perfect match for Fowler.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Vigot tell Fowler he is a suspect in the murder?

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

4. Where do Pyle and Fowler want to go?

5. Where do Granger, Joe and Pyle decide to go?

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