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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon completion of high school, to where does Charlie receive an appointment?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Annapolis.

2. Before returning to America, who does Wilson stop to visit?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Avrakotos.
(c) Herring.
(d) Hart.

3. Who of the tribal leaders will later voice support for Saddam Hussein during the first gulf war?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
(b) Wasim Sajjad.
(c) Nurul Amin.
(d) Gulbuddin.

4. How do the Soviets gain worldwide negative attention?
(a) After threatening the United States.
(b) After the mass killing of Afghan fighters.
(c) After joining with China to scare the United Nations.
(d) After attacking Iraq.

5. The tribes of Pastun and Massoud fight one another. About what do they more or less agree?
(a) To take opposite sides in the war.
(b) To fight each other.
(c) To fight the Soviets together.
(d) To ignore the Soviets.

6. Why does Wilson ask to meet with someone from the CIA?
(a) To discuss the war in Afghanistan.
(b) To discuss his next trip to Afghanistan.
(c) To discuss the war in Russia.
(d) To discuss their support of Congress.

7. Why does the CIA visit Wilson?
(a) In response to his friendship with Long.
(b) In response to the unrequested funds.
(c) In response to his sudden lack of interest in funds.
(d) In response to the break he has decided to take.

8. In the refugee camps, what does Wilson notice?
(a) A virtual lack of men.
(b) A virtual lack of security.
(c) A virtual lack of women.
(d) A virtual lack of food.

9. Most of Wilson's time with the navy involves doing what?
(a) Marching in parades.
(b) Learning how to fight.
(c) Secretly chasing Soviet submarines.
(d) Learning spy tactics.

10. In 1982, the budget for the CIA's war in Afghanistan is how much?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $30 million.

11. Who is the only witness of the drug use?
(a) Lisa Williams.
(b) Lindsay White.
(c) Lucy Wheeler.
(d) Liz Wickersham.

12. In a depression, what happens to Wilson?
(a) He stops drinking and partying.
(b) He stops speaking to his friends.
(c) He sleeps all of the time.
(d) He falls into a nearly constant, drunken stupor.

13. Why does Howard Hart feel especially threatened?
(a) He wants to be in charge of all decisions that are made.
(b) He feels that Wilson is being too controlling.
(c) He feels that the US should not conceal its involvement.
(d) He feels that concealing US involvement must remain a top priority.

14. Who continues to balk at Congress forcing money on them?
(a) The Pakistani leaders.
(b) The American people.
(c) The CIA headquarters.
(d) The Afghan government.

15. Why does Avrakotos' job in Greece lose some of its appeal?
(a) When his income is cut in half.
(b) When the Greeks do not accept him.
(c) When a rebel shoots a fellow agent in Athens.
(d) When he realizes how boring the job is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must Avrakotos quit school?

2. To whom does Herring introduce Wilson?

3. What job does Avrakotos have?

4. Who does Wilson begin to woo?

5. About whom does the author give background information?

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