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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the men finish reading the books, what does Monet say?
(a) Mao needs to see a counselor
(b) The French methods of war are better
(c) Let us begin a book club for the villagers
(d) Mao is right and we have been wrong

2. What does Emma do to introduce the longer handled brooms?
(a) She hires a salesperson to peddle the new invention
(b) Finds a local reed that will work and uses it herself in front of the villagers
(c) She buys time on the local television station for an advertisement
(d) She opens her own store

3. What is his original intention with his planned trip to southeast Asia?
(a) To search out his family's origins
(b) To discover new recipes
(c) To determine the truth of the American situation there
(d) To find a new wife and new home

4. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?
(a) GMAC
(b) The Ford Foundation
(c) Union Carbide
(d) The Gates Foundation

5. What other branch of the government is stationed in foregin lands and also lacks the ability to communicate in the language of the people that surround them?
(a) Commerce
(b) Education
(c) Military
(d) Justice

6. Why is he called ugly?
(a) His language is always peppered with obscenities
(b) It is his nickname from childhood
(c) His feet are unusually large
(d) His appearance is not attractive

7. Who does Homer Atkins bring with him when he moves to Sarkhan?
(a) Louis Sears
(b) His wife, Emma
(c) Joe Bing
(d) Jeepo

8. The authors say America should stop selling guns and money and sell what instead?
(a) Books
(b) Rice
(c) Bananas
(d) The dignity of freedom

9. When the first sales person returns with orders for the pump, how many does he have?
(a) 100
(b) 8
(c) Zero
(d) 9

10. Who is Jonathon Brown?
(a) American Senator
(b) Joe Bing's brother in law
(c) Marie MacIntosh's uncle
(d) Gilbert MacWhite's assistant secretary

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

12. What does Knox say to the headman of the village when he is asked why he left America to come to Cambodia?
(a) I am interested in becoming a communist
(b) I was asked to leave the country
(c) I like people and chickens.
(d) I wanted to find a Cambodian wife

13. Who is U Maung Swe?
(a) The best known journalist in Burma
(b) General in the Sarkhanese Army
(c) UN Secretary
(d) One of Father Finian's friends

14. Who does Hillandale charm at the dinner and therefore make more progress in one night than the embassy has made in months?
(a) Mao Tse-Tung
(b) Gilbert MacWhite
(c) The Prime Minister of Sarkhan
(d) Joe Bing

15. Who is Thomas Elmer Knox?
(a) An American poultry farmer who assisted Cambodian farmers by teaching them about their chickens
(b) An embassy official who is in charge of preparing for official USA visits
(c) A Cambodian native who is running for President
(d) The founder of Knox Farms

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs Knox about the Conference he is attending?

2. What is Knox told when he proposes to bring in more roosters and chickens to Cambodia?

3. What is the common problem of the village elderly?

4. Why does Asch think it is necessary that his delegation answers the questions firmly and quickly?

5. What Senate Committee does he chair?

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