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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did this ruse work even though many Americans were involved in giving the rice to the people?
(a) The Americans were not involved in the transfer of the rice
(b) None of the Americans could read Sarkhanese
(c) The Americans were distracted by dancing girls
(d) The Americans were paid off by the Soviets to keep quiet

2. How does the State Department define her new location?
(a) A stateside posting
(b) A luxury assigment
(c) An ordinary posting
(d) A hardship post

3. What question does Father Finian ask that surprises the Burmese men?
(a) "Which of you is a communist?"
(b) "What is it that we want to do?"
(c) "Where is the men's room?"
(d) "What is the cure for dysentary?"

4. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?
(a) To enrich their 401K
(b) To avoid paying taxes
(c) To get out of the USA
(d) To fight communism from spreading all over the world

5. How did Colvin meet Deong?
(a) At a state dinner in San Francisco
(b) When Colvin parachuted into Sarkhan during WWII
(c) In Hanoi at a shopping center
(d) In Milwaukee at college

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement did the Ambassador give to the editors?

2. What evidence does Sears present that he is doing a good job in Sarkhan?

3. When Hillandale leaves the northern province, what percentage of them vote for Magsaysay?

4. Who is Father Finian?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Anderson purposely sabotaged the conference?

2. In what way is Ambassador Gray's plans diminishing the plans of Senator Brown?

3. Marie mentions very little about the actual country and its people when she writes to her friends. What does this signify?

4. Why did Finian put U Tien through the tests?

5. Is Homer Atikins ugly?

6. What is it about Hillandale that attracts Asians to him?

7. Why is the next battle effective?

8. At the time the book was written, was Communism a real threat to the world?

9. What does Father Finian do to prepare himself for his assignment in Burma, and once he has arrived?

10. Describe Sears' attitude towards the Sarkhanese people.

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