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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, "The Ugly American".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What project does MacWhite give Atkins to work on?
(a) Discover who Donald and Roger are reporting to in the communist party
(b) Building dams and roads in Sarkhan
(c) Finding an assignment for John Colvin
(d) Create a way for Sarkhanese people to get water from the hills

2. Why does MacWhite join up with Wolchek and Monet?
(a) To learn why the communists are winning all over Asia
(b) To get away from his wife in Sarkhan
(c) He is bored with his duties as being ambassador
(d) Because Louis Sears recommended it

3. How does Atkins surprise the committee?
(a) By demonstrating a long handled broom
(b) By telling them the Communists have built a huge road in the jungle that runs the length of the country
(c) By announcing his plans to become communist
(d) By falling asleep during the proceedings

4. Why is the newspaperman rejected as an applicant for foreign service?
(a) He once wrote an article criticizing the US government
(b) He already has a job
(c) He is too old
(d) He is not rich

5. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?
(a) Move to Sarkhan
(b) Move to Burma
(c) Leave the room
(d) Return to the United States

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Homer Atkins?

2. Why don't they jump?

3. What do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite decide to do?

4. What does Atkins recommend instead of dams and roads?

5. Who is Marie MacIntosh

(see the answer key)

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