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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Charlie Wilson take a team to Afghanistan?

2. Why does Wilson invite Avrakotos to Egypt?

3. What does 1984 bring Wilson?

4. Where do the two sides of the Afghan war reach a truce?

5. What does Wilson promise the young pilot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wilson continue to do at this time?

2. With what does Vaughn Forest approach Wilson?

3. What happens with the exit of Simpson?

4. What does Chapter Twenty-eight introduce?

5. What do Charlie Wilson and Gust Avrakotos work out?

6. What happens by September of 1986?

7. What does Wilson do in a period of eighteen months?

8. What happens when Avrakotos visits Wilson's office alone?

9. How does Avrakotos realize that Wilson does not have monetary interest in the deal in Egyt?

10. What happens as the war in Afghanistan gains legitimacy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Geneva, the two sides of the Afghan war reach a truce.

Part 1) How are they convinced to meet in Geneva? What role does Wilson play in this?

Part 2) What does this truce mean for each side? Are they able to keep this truce? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this truce lead into future conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Wilson decides the freedom fighters need a way to shoot down the Russian's Hind helicopter.

Part 1) How does he come to this decision? how does he also become somewhat obsessed with this mission?

Part 2) What steps does he take to acquire these weapons? What does this reveal about his character?

Part 3) How do these weapons and his efforts to acquire them affect us today?

Essay Topic 3

Wilson is diagnosed with an "alcoholic's heart."

Part 1) Describe this disease. How has his life, prior to this, affected his heart?

Part 2) How have other aspects of his personality affected his life at this point?

Part 3) How does this diagnosis affect him and his behavior? Is he able to overcome aspects of his personality? Why or why not?

Part 4) How does this diagnosis foreshadowed earlier in this book?

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