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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. How does Wilson hit another car while he he is driving?

2. Does Avrakotos agree with Wilson's rationale for the money?

3. How does the Democratic Party respond to Wilson's scandalous Las Vegas party?

4. What is the reason Wilson resents the fact that he cannot find a suitably beautiful woman in Pakistan?

5. Most of Wilson's time with the navy involves doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Avrakotos do in 1962?

2. What takes place in the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?

3. What does Charlie Wilson do on June 27, 1980?

4. What takes place in Pakistan?

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

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

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

8. Describe a desire Avrakotos finds early in childhood.

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

10. What is known about the refugees of the Afghan/Russian war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wilson decides the freedom fighters need a way to shoot down the Russian's Hind helicopter.

Part 1) How does he come to this decision? how does he also become somewhat obsessed with this mission?

Part 2) What steps does he take to acquire these weapons? What does this reveal about his character?

Part 3) How do these weapons and his efforts to acquire them affect us today?

Essay Topic 2

1984 brings much change to Wilson's life.

Part 1) Name three of these changes. Describe these changes.

Part 2) Why do these changes occur? How do they affect Wilson?

Part 3) How is Wilson permanently changed by some of these events?

Essay Topic 3

AID is formed so the United States holds no connection with huge stockpiles of weapons, confiscated during previous wars.

Part 1) What is AID? How does this organization work?

Part 2) Is this organization deceptive? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might the United States citizens have felt about AID? Why would they feel this way?

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