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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "What Would You Do If You Were President?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?
(a) Ther Americans do not pay the servants well
(b) The Americans are too short
(c) Americans are too poor to travel to Asia
(d) The Americans who are stationed in foreign lands are isolated, loud and ostentatious

2. Why did the Ambassador resent this move?
(a) He believed it would endanger his chances of a judgeship in the USA
(b) He was jealous he had not thought of it first
(c) He wanted the rumor to persist
(d) He wanted to solve the problem on his own

3. What does Father Finian do when he arrives in Burma?
(a) Asks the archbishop for permission to move into a larger house
(b) Converts to Buddhism and shaves his head
(c) Finds a wife and settles down
(d) Asks his archbishop for provisions and permission to go into the jungle

4. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?
(a) Issues a new policy of no drinking at the embassy
(b) Commands all embassy staff to take lessons in Sarkhaneses
(c) Refuses protection for Father Finian and recommends the Sarkhanese refuse a visa for John Colvin
(d) Declares Father Finian and John Colvins as good examples of how Americans should behave in Sarkhan

5. What is Sears' complaint about Father Finian?
(a) Father Finian does not speak English
(b) The local papers are upset with his behavior
(c) Father Finian is too old
(d) His clothes are out of style

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the newspaper they created to confuse the communists and tell the truth to the Burmese people?

2. What does Louis Sears ask Peterson to do for him?

3. How did Sears cover his mistake about the mis-labeled rice?

4. What was the rumor that upset the Sarkhanese people?

5. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?

(see the answer key)

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