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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Fowler's assistant, Dominguez?
(a) He has deserted to the Vietminh.
(b) He is in a coma.
(c) He has been kidnapped.
(d) He has become ill and cannot work.

2. What does Dominguez advise Fowler to do?
(a) To meet Mr. Heng outside the big store on the Boulevard Charner
(b) Come and take him to the hsopital
(c) Invite Mr. Heng to come to his house for dinner
(d) Go see what Mr. Heng received yesterday

3. What does Captain Trouin say he hates most about the war?
(a) The napalm bombing
(b) The dead children
(c) The long hours
(d) The night flights

4. What does Vigot want Fowler to tell him?
(a) That Pyle had told him what he was doing in Indochina.
(b) That he had seen Pyle the night he was murdered.
(c) That he had been keeping Pyle's dog for a week.
(d) That Pyle told Fowler who was trying to murder him.

5. What does Dominguez do when Fowler swats at a mosquito droning near his ear?
(a) He winces.
(b) He gets the bug spray.
(c) He applauds.
(d) He kills it when Fowler misses.

6. What does Mr. Heng say that reminds him of Captain Trouin?
(a) "Forget the carnage and think of the future."
(b) "War is hell."
(c) "We do what we have to do."
(d) "Sooner or later, one has to take sides if one is to remain human."

7. What does Fowler tell Vigot he should have become?
(a) A reporter
(b) A priest
(c) A magician
(d) A shop keeper

8. How does Mr. Heng greet Fowler when he comes to visit?
(a) He is agitated because he was having a meeting.
(b) He says he is always glad to see him.
(c) He is surprised that Fowler would come after the bombing.
(d) He tells Fowler to go away and he will contact him later.

9. What was York Harding's experience in Indochina?
(a) Harding got his information from refugees who came to America.
(b) He had been there for one week once on his way from Bangkok to Tokoyo.
(c) Harding had never set foot in Vietnam.
(d) Harding used French press reports to write his book.

10. Why does Phuong open the telegram before Fowler gets home?
(a) She thought it might be something she should take to him in the hospital.
(b) She says telegrams are public.
(c) She thought it might be from his wife.
(d) She thought is was a money gram.

11. What does Mr. Heng want Fowler to do?
(a) He wants him to invite Pyle to dinner at the Vieux Moulin.
(b) He wants Fowler to go home and never return.
(c) He wants Fowler to kill Pyle.
(d) He wants Fowler to find Pyle and talk some sense into him.

12. What has made Vigot's day so long and tiring?
(a) Petty thefts and a few suicides
(b) Murder and sudden deaths
(c) Meetings with the French Embassy
(d) Catching up on paperwork

13. Why does Fowler say he wants to find another flat?
(a) He doesn't need that many rooms.
(b) There is too much of Phuong where he is.
(c) He's planning on bringing Helen here.
(d) He plans on moving Dominguez in with him.

14. What takes Fowler's mind off Pyle and Phuong for a few minutes?
(a) He has his cast removed.
(b) He overdoses on opium.
(c) He goes along on a French air raid.
(d) He witnesses a murder on the rue Catinat.

15. Why does Fowler tell Pyle he should have a few bad motives?
(a) So he could survive in Indochina.
(b) So he could understand human beings better.
(c) So he could use them to keep Phuong.
(d) So he would end up in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Caodaists' churches look like?

2. When Pyle arrives, why does he say he is surprised that Fowler gave him an invitation to visit?

3. Why does Vigot say that he does not believe Fowler killed Pyle?

4. After leaving the Attache's office, what does Fowler say he did in the men's lavatory?

5. When someone does knock on Fowler's door, who is it?

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