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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a recruiter from IBM presents a lucrative offer, why does Avrakotos refuse it?
(a) He is too busy working already.
(b) He wants to be a CIA agent.
(c) He is uncomfortable working with computers.
(d) He has a problem with their stuffy dress code.

2. Who is the only witness of the drug use?
(a) Liz Wickersham.
(b) Lindsay White.
(c) Lisa Williams.
(d) Lucy Wheeler.

3. Why does Howard Hart feel especially threatened?
(a) He feels that the US should not conceal its involvement.
(b) He feels that concealing US involvement must remain a top priority.
(c) He feels that Wilson is being too controlling.
(d) He wants to be in charge of all decisions that are made.

4. Who does Wilson begin to woo?
(a) Doc Long.
(b) Doc Narrow.
(c) Doc Wide.
(d) Doc Short.

5. Why must Avrakotos quit school?
(a) He becomes very ill.
(b) To help his family after his father loses his job.
(c) He is failing all of his classes.
(d) He is unhappy in school.

6. How does Charlie Wilson take the honored greeting he receives in Israel?
(a) Very personally.
(b) Very lightly.
(c) With annoyance.
(d) With surprise.

7. Early in childhood what desire does Avrakotos have?
(a) To be wealthy.
(b) To leave his insulated hometown.
(c) To move to Greece.
(d) To join the military.

8. Who does Wilson call to clean up the mess of the wreck?
(a) Charles Swenson.
(b) Charles Schwab.
(c) Charles Simpson.
(d) Charles Smith.

9. From where does his family emigrate?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Italy.
(d) Greece.

10. Years later, the author reports, Hart fails to believe what?
(a) The true involvement of Israel.
(b) The true involvement of Wilson.
(c) The true involvement of Pakistan.
(d) The true involvement of Egypt.

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

12. How does Wilson celebrate the charges being dropped?
(a) He takes Joanne Herring to an opera in Munich.
(b) He takes Joanne Herring to a resort in Fiji.
(c) He takes Joanne Herring out to dinner in D.C.
(d) He takes Joanne Herring to an arms show in Paris.

13. Upon completion of high school, to where does Charlie receive an appointment?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Annapolis.

14. How does Avrakotos feel about the purge including the firing of first generation Americans in posts all over the world?
(a) Such moves are disappointing.
(b) Such moves are harmful to the United States.
(c) Such moves will hurt his chances of being promoted.
(d) Such moves are un-American.

15. Does the generous increase make any visible impact on the seemingly hopeless conflict?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Some.
(d) A great deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Democratic Party respond to Wilson's scandalous Las Vegas party?

2. On the return leg of the junket, where do Herring and Wilson stop?

3. Where does Avrakotos gain a low-level appointment?

4. How does Wilson feel for the deception?

5. Just before he leaves for language school, why does he tell off the new European chief?

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