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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?
(a) Pyle sees someone across the room and thinks it might be trouble.
(b) Pyle receives a phone call and says that he needs to go right away.
(c) A vulgar floorshow with female impersonators begins and Plyle thinks is not suitable for Phuong.
(d) Pyle sees that Phuong is going home with Fowler and he gets sad.

2. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?
(a) The Milk Fountain where Vietnamese people buy malted milks.
(b) That Fowler is left-handed.
(c) The time on the big clock in the square.
(d) The spies who are trailing Fowler.

3. What does Fowler say when Phuong says Miss Hei does not believe he will marry her?
(a) He tells her he can marry her without getting a divorce.
(b) He tells her he just wrote a letter to his wife asking for a divorce.
(c) He tells her that he had lied; he isn't married after all.
(d) He tells her they can live together and his wife will divorce him.

4. What offer does Pyle make to Miss Hei?
(a) He offers to help Miss Hei get a job with his Mission.
(b) He offers to show her to the door.
(c) He offers to light her cigarette.
(d) He offers to pay her every time Phuong comes to his apartment.

5. Fowler has a good story, so why does he not send it?
(a) He doesn't have photos to back his story up.
(b) He realizes it will not pass government censorship.
(c) He doesn't believe anyone will believe it.
(d) He thinks it might demoralize the troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phuong's response when Fowler tells her Pyle had invited himself to Fowler's apartment for a drink?

2. What does Fowler think is Pyle's obsession?

3. Instead of Pyle, who comes to Fowler's door after midnight?

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

5. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Fowler do to get Pyle out of the House of the Five Hundred Girls?

2. What is so annoying about the letter from Pyle that is waiting for Fowler when he finally gets home?

3. In a flashback, describe how Pyle meets Fowler and Phuong.

4. What is the superstition in Vietnam about lovers who smoke opium?

5. What signifies a difference in dress between the South and the North of Vietnam?

6. What is the strange scene when Phuong comes in while Pyle is still there?

7. When Fowler offers Pyle a drink of whiskey, how does the conversation go?

8. What happens when Pyle invites himself over for a drink?

9. What is Fowler's reaction to the priest who offers to take his confession?

10. How does Phuong take the news of Pyle's death?

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