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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, "The Sum of Tiny Things".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?
(a) She agrees with the native press too much and brings newspapermen to his office
(b) She is a communist spy
(c) She is sleeping with the servants
(d) She is too tall

2. When Hillandale leaves the northern province, what percentage of them vote for Magsaysay?
(a) 15
(b) 0
(c) 95
(d) 100

3. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?
(a) He arranged for the rice bags to be re-labeled as coming from Russia
(b) A radio broadcast in Russian
(c) A spokesman from the Soviet Union discussed the rice on Sarkhanese television
(d) He produced 100,000 handbills with the information written on it

4. Why didn't Emma just order American brooms and hand them out?
(a) The villagers would not have accepted them
(b) There is no Fed Ex office in the area
(c) Homer tells her it is not important
(d) She cannot afford it

5. What is Ruth Jyoti's main criticisms of Americans who live in Asia?
(a) They care nothing for the culture of the people living there
(b) They are all Catholics
(c) They are too pale
(d) They are too tall

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Homer Atkins?

2. Who is the Ragtime Kid?

3. Why does Deong want to cause Colvin's plan to fail?

4. Why does MacWhite join up with Wolchek and Monet?

5. What is the real reason MacWhite is being replaced as an Ambassador?

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