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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilson hit another car while he he is driving?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He is distracted.
(c) The roads are slippery.
(d) He is drunk.

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

3. Before leaving, what does Wilson promise?
(a) To convert to Islam.
(b) To talk to the President of the United States.
(c) To help.
(d) To never get involved.

4. Before returning to America, who does Wilson stop to visit?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Avrakotos.
(c) Herring.
(d) Hart.

5. Why does Avrakotos take the job offered to him by the CIA recruiter?
(a) The recruiter promises him a large salary.
(b) He has always wanted to be a CIA agent.
(c) The recruiter promises he will be able to travel the world.
(d) He wants to support his country.

6. In 1982, the budget for the CIA's war in Afghanistan is how much?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $30 million.
(d) $20 million.

7. How does the Democratic Party respond to Wilson's scandalous Las Vegas party?
(a) They do not allow him to be a part of their party.
(b) They deny that it ever happened.
(c) They revoke Wilson's right to respond to Reagan's state of the Union address.
(d) They do not allow him to run in the next election.

8. How long does Avrakotos remain in hiding within the agency before accepting a job in the Near East division?
(a) For seven months.
(b) For four months.
(c) For five months.
(d) For six months.

9. How does Shannon show that she understands the secrecy of the trip keenly?
(a) She does not speak during the trip, for fear of exposing secrets.
(b) She never develops the pictures she takes there.
(c) She is dressed in a disguise the entire time.
(d) She never talks about the trip after it is completed.

10. Who does Avrakotos believe he must support publicly?
(a) The American people.
(b) Himself.
(c) His superior.
(d) Wilson.

11. How many tribal leaders from Afghanistan come to meet Wilson?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

12. How do Wilson and his friends receive a regal greeting in this country?
(a) Due to this country's friendly customs.
(b) Due to a deal that awarded this country with $1 billion in aid.
(c) Due to this country's love of all things American.
(d) Due to blackmailing tactics.

13. How do the Soviets gain worldwide negative attention?
(a) After attacking Iraq.
(b) After the mass killing of Afghan fighters.
(c) After joining with China to scare the United Nations.
(d) After threatening the United States.

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

15. What do these feelings of invincibility give Avrakotos?
(a) The confidence to return to CIA headquarters.
(b) The confidence to stay in hiding.
(c) The confidence to quit the CIA.
(d) The confidence to ask for a promotion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the CIA visit Wilson?

3. Years later, the author reports, Hart fails to believe what?

4. What does the CIA not want between the US and the war in Afghanistan?

5. From where is this person?

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