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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wilson ask to meet with someone from the CIA?

2. Why does this man take offense at the leaks?

3. What strategy does Wilson employ?

4. Who is the only witness of the drug use?

5. Though he fails to gain friendship from Howard Hart, what does Hart admit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joanne Herring do back in the United States?

2. Describe Wilson's trip to Pakistan in 1984.

3. What takes place between Wilson and Herring?

4. For what does Wilson run? Does he win?

5. How is a job selling cigarette machines helpful to Avrakotos?

6. How are the charges dropped against Wilson?

7. What does Avrakotos do in 1962?

8. What takes place in Pakistan?

9. Why does Wilson want to meet with someone from the CIA? Do they agree to meet with him? Why or why not?

10. What happens after Wilson's Las Vegas hot tub party is leaked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joanne Herring is compared to Scarlett O'Hara.

Part 1) Why does the author compare her to Scarlett O'Hara? What does this comparison reveal about her character?

Part 2) How does her personality influence the choices she makes? Does she make good choices? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is her role in the conflict between the Soviets and Afghans? How does her relationship with the Pakistani President influence this conflict and those involved?

Essay Topic 2

Gust Avrakotos is a CiA agent.

Part 1) What do you know about Avrakotos' character? How dose his personality benefit him as a CIA agent?

Part 2) Describe his career. how does it fluctuate? What causes this fluctuation?

Part 3) What is significant about his career and his friendship with Wilson?

Essay Topic 3

The CIA begins to worry that putting the deadly mujahideen in charge will not be in any country's best interest.

Part 1) Who are the mujahideen? Why does the CIA not trust them?

Part 2) What does this worry foreshadow?

Part 3) What are Wilson's thoughts about the mujahideen?

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