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

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

3. Who are the cardinals of Caodaism?
(a) They are all women.
(b) They are soldiers in disguise.
(c) They are men from the villages.
(d) They are monkeys from the sacred mountain.

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

5. Who does Fowler run into in Tanyin?
(a) Granger
(b) Vigot
(c) Pyle
(d) Miss Hei

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fowler's reply to Vigot's question about who is York Harding?

2. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?

3. What is Fowler's concern as he returns to his rooms after being in the hospital?

4. What do Caodaists' churches look like?

5. When Fowler goes to see Pyle, to whom does he talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Fowler goes to see Mr. Heng after the Garnier bomb, what request does Heng make of him?

2. What does Fowler witness with Mr. Heng who had called him to big store at the corner of Boulevard Charner?

3. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

4. What did Fowler find at the garage of Mr. Muoi?

5. What new evidence about Pyle's death makes Vigot sure that Fowler did not kill him?

6. When Fowler returns to his flat, who is there?

7. What trouble is Pyle having when Fowler runs into him on this trip?

8. Who are the Caodaists and why does Fowler go to where they are?

9. Why is Pyle upset that the bomb had gone off that day?

10. What elaborate precautions does Fowler take that evening?

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