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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Wilson secretly study?
(a) Military history.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Islam.
(d) The history of Communism.
2. What job does Avrakotos have?
(a) Selling soda machines.
(b) Selling cars.
(c) Selling magazines.
(d) Selling cigarette machines.
3. How does Wilson achieve his lifestyle?
(a) Through personal favors owed to him by prominent constituents.
(b) Through bribes and blackmail.
(c) Through gifts given to him by friends and fans.
(d) Through hard work and determination.
4. How do the Soviets gain worldwide negative attention?
(a) After the mass killing of Afghan fighters.
(b) After attacking Iraq.
(c) After joining with China to scare the United Nations.
(d) After threatening the United States.
5. With Zia's permission, Shannon and Wilson do what?
(a) Visit hospitals.
(b) Visit the border area of the tribal lands between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(c) Visit various religious leaders.
(d) Visit local villages.
6. Where does Avrakotos gain a low-level appointment?
(a) In the Latin America division.
(b) In the Asian division.
(c) In the Middle Eastern division.
(d) In the South American division.
7. 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 are un-American.
(d) Such moves will hurt his chances of being promoted.
8. Why does Avrakotos' job in Greece lose some of its appeal?
(a) When his income is cut in half.
(b) When the Greeks do not accept him.
(c) When he realizes how boring the job is.
(d) When a rebel shoots a fellow agent in Athens.
9. When looking back at the war in 1992, does Avrakotos believe the CIA did the right job in Afghanistan?
(a) He is not sure.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.
10. How does Charlie Wilson arrive?
(a) With his wife and children.
(b) With a large group of security guards.
(c) With all the fanfare of a very rich man, though he actually makes only a modest salary.
(d) Very quiety and discreetly.
11. With Long completely on board for Wilson's campaign ideas in Afghanistan, what does Wilson do?
(a) He begins pushing through funding that the CIA never requested.
(b) He stops pushing for funds now that Long is on board.
(c) He decides to take a break and allow Long to do some of the work.
(d) He works with Long to make plans for supporting Afghanistan.
12. He graduates from the prestigious school with what?
(a) The highest GPA in anyone's memory.
(b) The most enemies in anyone's memory.
(c) The most demerits in anyone's memory.
(d) The most merits in anyone's memory.
13. After telling off the European chief, who does Avrakotos alienate?
(a) The director and his former friend Clair George.
(b) His family.
(c) The other CIA agents.
(d) The chief and Charlie Wilson.
14. Normally, the agency follows what type of model for their spies?
(a) A British model.
(b) A professional.
(c) A secret model.
(d) An American model.
15. When does the CIA carefully become involved with Afghanistan?
(a) When the Afghanis attack Iraq.
(b) When the Afghanis attack the Soviet Union.
(c) When the Iraqis attack Affghanistan.
(d) When the Soviets attack Afghanistan.
Short Answer Questions
1. Does the generous increase make any visible impact on the seemingly hopeless conflict?
2. About whom does the author give background information?
3. For what does Herring defend Zia?
4. Why does Cogan drag his feet?
5. To whom does Herring introduce Wilson?
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