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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson secretly study?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Military history.
(c) The history of Communism.
(d) Islam.

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

3. Who of the tribal leaders will later voice support for Saddam Hussein during the first gulf war?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
(b) Wasim Sajjad.
(c) Nurul Amin.
(d) Gulbuddin.

4. Where does Zia invite Wilson?
(a) To lunch.
(b) To a meeting.
(c) To a party.
(d) To dinner.

5. What do the CIA agents resent about Wilson?
(a) He designates a substantial chunk for his own purposes, and they must answer to Long.
(b) He designates a substantial chunk for anti-aircraft artillery, and that they must account for all of it to Wilson.
(c) He designates Long as the advisor to the funds.
(d) He designates a substantial chunk for his own travel and leisure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does he stay in this location?

3. When a recruiter from IBM presents a lucrative offer, why does Avrakotos refuse it?

4. What job does Avrakotos have?

5. Why does Avrakotos take the job offered to him by the CIA recruiter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Avrakotos in 1975?

2. What takes place between Wilson and Herring?

3. What reward of being a Congressman does Charlie Wilson enjoy the most?

4. What happens once Long is completely on board for Wilson's campaign ideas in Afghanistan?

5. What takes place in Pakistan?

6. What happens after AVrakotos tells off the European chief?

7. How does the person and place of the book change abruptly in Chapter Three?

8. Who does Wilson meet during the party? Describe this meeting.

9. What does Wilson do after returning from Pakistan?

10. How does the CIA carefully become involved when the Soviets attack Afghanistan?

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