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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 do Wilson and Herring feel in their campaign to win the eccentric Doc Long to their cause?

2. The tribes of Pastun and Massoud fight one another. About what do they more or less agree?

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

4. From where is this person?

5. Does the limo driver from Las Vegas admit to drug use?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zia feel about Americans, in the beginning? How does the CIA feel about Afghanistan?

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

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

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

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

6. How are the charges dropped against Wilson?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Wilson frequently gets himself into trouble.

Part 1) Describe his personality. How do his actions reflect his personality?

Part 2) How do his actions affect both his private and public life? Why does he continue these types of behaviors?

Part 3) How does his personality affect decisions he makes regarding the conflict between the Soviets and the Afghans? How do his actions affect us today?

Essay Topic 3

Wilson is diagnosed with an "alcoholic's heart."

Part 1) Describe this disease. How has his life, prior to this, affected his heart?

Part 2) How have other aspects of his personality affected his life at this point?

Part 3) How does this diagnosis affect him and his behavior? Is he able to overcome aspects of his personality? Why or why not?

Part 4) How does this diagnosis foreshadowed earlier in this book?

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