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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Avrakotos hire Mike Vickers from the paramilitary branch?
(a) To take over his position in the district.
(b) To assist him in dealing with Wilson.
(c) To manage the finances for his division.
(d) To assist him in weapons and tactics.

2. How does Avrkotos feel when the mujahideen manage to operate a success ambush without foreign aid?
(a) He feels hopeful.
(b) He feels angry.
(c) He feels annoyed.
(d) He feels sad.

3. Of what does Russian leader Gorbachev accuse Pakistan's President Zia?
(a) Support for Iraq.
(b) Support for Afghanistan.
(c) Support for the Soviet Union.
(d) Support for Egypt.

4. By September of 1986, Gust Avrakotos works for what division?
(a) The African division.
(b) The Near East division.
(c) The Latin American division.
(d) The Asian division.

5. Where does Wilson believe Gust Avrakotosto be stationed?
(a) In Africa.
(b) In South America.
(c) In the Middle East.
(d) In Asia.

6. What American Missile, made by General Dynamics in California, is introduced?
(a) Stinger.
(b) Last Stand.
(c) Great American Missile.
(d) Striker.

7. What do they also discover?
(a) Their weaponry is very antiquated.
(b) The instructions for creating weapons of mass destruction.
(c) A cache of a type of rocket the agency has wanted for years.
(d) The United States is not as powerful as they had believed.

8. Does Avrokotos response faze Wilson?
(a) No.
(b) A little.
(c) Yes.
(d) At first.

9. How does Vickers respond when Avrakotos begins to feel impatient?
(a) He tells him to drop the project.
(b) He becomes annoyed with Avrakotos.
(c) He reminds Avrakotos to view the larger picture.
(d) He tells him he will leave if Avrakotos' poor behavior continues.

10. What does the government instruct Afghani mothers to do?
(a) Hold secret funeral services.
(b) Forget they had sons.
(c) Have death certificates made that give a wrong cause of death.
(d) Leave off mentioning service on the gravestones of their dead sons.

11. Who does Director Casey ask Wilson to support?
(a) The Commanders of South Africa.
(b) The Constradas of Spain.
(c) The Constantinoples of Turkey.
(d) The Contras in Nicaragua.

12. What is significant about the honor Avrakotos gets from the agency's African-American employees?
(a) He has never been rewarded before.
(b) He is the last white man to receive it.
(c) He is the first white man to receive it.
(d) He is the first man to receive it.

13. What do Charlie Wilson and Gust Avrakotos quickly work out?
(a) A way to play the system in both Congress and the CIA.
(b) An agreement for working with each other.
(c) A trip to Pakistan.
(d) A way to compromise with each other.

14. How does Wilson gain a flight to a dinner in his honor?
(a) His friends want to honor him.
(b) He calls in multiple favors.
(c) Leaders he has met want to honor him.
(d) He pays enough money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long is Wilson sober?

2. What does everyone in the CIA believe about Wilson and his plans in Egypt?

3. What does Vickers point out to Avrakotos about the Soviet Special forces?

4. Why does Wilson enjoy the controversy in this country?

5. What detailed look does the author give?

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