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

2. What does Fowler think of the speech the deputy Pope of Caodaism gives him?
(a) That it is the hope of the Vietnamese people.
(b) That it is canned and insincere.
(c) That it is incomprehensible.
(d) That is the sincere belief of the Caodaists.

3. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?
(a) As a remnant of the old colonialists
(b) As an important government official
(c) As an idealist like Pyle
(d) As an ugly American

4. What is Helen's answer to Fowler about getting a divorce?
(a) She needs more time to think.
(b) The answer is no.
(c) Maybe, if he returns to England.
(d) She agrees.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Fowler say he wants to find another flat?

3. What is Caodaism?

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

5. What does Fowler tell Vigot he should have become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fowler mean when he tells Vigot that York Harding in the man who killed Alden Pyle?

2. What happens right after two American girls walk out of the Pavilon?

3. What is the real reason Vigot comes to play Quatre-Vingt-et-Un with Fowler?

4. What elaborate precautions does Fowler take that evening?

5. What is the gist of Helen's letter to Fowler?

6. What does Fowler wish he had had the guts to do while Vigot was there?

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

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

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

10. What happens to them on the way back?

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