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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Dream Change Coalition?
(a) Perkin's non profit that brought natives out of the Amazon.
(b) A literacy coalition.
(c) Perkins' non profit that led people into the Amazon.
(d) The agency that bought Jenkins' book.

2. What did Perkin's article, "Colonialism in Panama has No Place in 1975," suggest that Panama receive?
(a) The canal.
(b) A chance to run their own government.
(c) Military aid.
(d) Liberation.

3. Why was Perkins so gifted at his job?
(a) His way with words.
(b) His education in economics.
(c) His mathematical brilliance.
(d) His menacing personality.

4. What did Panama receive at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) A national park.
(b) The canal.
(c) A payment from MAIN.
(d) An increase in tourism.

5. What did MAIN build in Colombia.
(a) A canal.
(b) A power plant.
(c) A massive hydroelectric project.
(d) An army base.

6. What event happened at the end of Chapter 31?
(a) The Vietnam war.
(b) Jenkins' fortieth birthday.
(c) September 11th.
(d) The election of Obama.

7. How did Perkins' deal impact Saudi Arabia?
(a) It transformed Saudi Arabia overnight.
(b) It did not affect Saudi Arabia.
(c) Perkins' deal did not go through.
(d) Saudi Arabia changed slowly.

8. What did Yamin leave under Perkins' door?
(a) A bribe.
(b) A letter.
(c) A weapon.
(d) A photo.

9. What story suggests that people need to become a "conscious species"?
(a) "The Prophecy of the Lion and Cougar."
(b) "The Prophecy of the Cat and Mouse."
(c) "The Prophecy of the Condor and Fox."
(d) "The Prophecy of the Condor and Eagle."

10. What did Torrijos predict in Jaime Roldós Aguilera's eulogy?
(a) Oil would no longer be needed.
(b) The United States would fall.
(c) He would stay in power forever.
(d) His own death was near.

11. How did Perkins pay Sally?
(a) She worked for free.
(b) From his savings.
(c) Out of his pay check.
(d) Through his expense count.

12. With whom was Amoco negotiating oil drilling rights?
(a) Bahrain.
(b) Texas.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

13. Who, besides Perkins, knew Perkins' job description?
(a) His family.
(b) No one.
(c) Those on the inside.
(d) Everyone.

14. What does Perkins believe the old American republic stood for?
(a) Hope for the world.
(b) Greed and power.
(c) Corporations.
(d) War.

15. How dependent was Perkins on his staff?
(a) They helped him occasionally.
(b) He would be nothing without them.
(c) At this point, Perkins had no staff.
(d) He did not need them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural resource was important to the Middle East?

2. With whom did Harken Energy Corporation receive drilling rights?

3. Who encouraged Perkins to read his resume?

4. What movement did Saudi Arabia begin to fund?

5. Who gave the Shah amnesty after he was expelled from the United States?

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