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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. What is strange about Fowler's relationship with Phuong?
(a) She cannot speak any English or French.
(b) He is old enough to be her grandfather.
(c) He is ashamed to take her out anywhere in public.
(d) They have been together for several years, yet mysteriously she is engaged to marry Alden Pyle.

2. What does Fowler dream after he finally falls asleep?
(a) He finally falls asleep and dreams of Pyle and Phuong dancing.
(b) He dreams of walking in the meadows of England.
(c) He dreams of taking his opium pipe at home.
(d) He dreams of fine food and wine.

3. What does Fowler find so annoying about the letter from Pyle?
(a) The letter is annoyingly illiterate.
(b) The letter is annoyingly long.
(c) The letter is annoyingly boyish.
(d) The letter is annoyingly rude.

4. How does the telegram affect Fowler?
(a) He is angry that they did not consult him first.
(b) He nearly jumps for joy at getting out of Vietnam.
(c) The telegram makes him sad; if he leaves, it means Phuong will marry Pyle.
(d) He knows he won't get his opium pipes in London.

5. What does Fowler think about the prospects of the French holding the north?
(a) He thinks the French will pull out and leave it for the communists.
(b) He thinks it will be a decades long standoff.
(c) He thinks the French will have to bring in allies to help.
(d) He thinks that the French can hold Northern Vietnam if the Chinese don't intervene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fowler suddenly have a big suspicion about Pyle?

2. Why is Miss Hei interested in Pyle?

3. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?

4. What makes Vigot even more suspicious of Fowler?

5. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the press conference, what is the French colonel's response to the question of French casualties?

2. After Pyle and Phuong dance, how does the conversation go between Pyle and Miss Hei?

3. What is the purpose for having Fowler and Phuong go to the Surete to see Vigot?

4. What does Fowler see when he goes to Phat Diem?

5. When Fowler moves out with a patrol getting out of the area of Phat Diem, who comes in the middle of the night? Why had he come?

6. What language does Pyle use that Fowler sees as boyish and naive?

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

8. The morning after Pyle's murder, what is Phuong's concern?

9. What new complication is Fowler struggling with besides the possibility of losing to Pyle?

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

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