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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After telling off the European chief, who does Avrakotos alienate?
(a) The chief and Charlie Wilson.
(b) The other CIA agents.
(c) His family.
(d) The director and his former friend Clair George.

2. What job does Avrakotos have?
(a) Selling cars.
(b) Selling magazines.
(c) Selling soda machines.
(d) Selling cigarette machines.

3. Most of Wilson's time with the navy involves doing what?
(a) Marching in parades.
(b) Secretly chasing Soviet submarines.
(c) Learning how to fight.
(d) Learning spy tactics.

4. The war in Afghanistan falls under Avrakotos's department. What else falls under his department?
(a) The Arab-Israeli conflict.
(b) Jordan-Syria tensions.
(c) The conflict between Iran and Iraq.
(d) The conflict between Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic.

5. Why does Wilson ask to meet with someone from the CIA?
(a) To discuss the war in Russia.
(b) To discuss the war in Afghanistan.
(c) To discuss his next trip to Afghanistan.
(d) To discuss their support of Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. A congressional aide to McCollum, Vaughn Forest, approaches Wilson with what?

2. What happens when Avrakotos gives a small ammunition contract to a factory in Pakistan?

3. In Israel, how does Wilson go against Congressional custom?

4. Feeling unsure about Wilson's ability to carry through on his elaborate promises, who does Zia call?

5. In the refugee camps, what does Wilson notice?

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