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

2. Why does Howard Hart feel especially threatened?

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

4. In a depression, what happens to Wilson?

5. How long does Avrakotos remain in hiding within the agency before accepting a job in the Near East division?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Avrakotos in 1975?

2. What does Avrakotos do in 1962?

3. How does Avrakotos feel about Wilson's rationale for money? How does he act publicly?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1985 becomes a key in the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan.

Part 1) How does it become key in the war?

Part 2) What role do Avrakotos and Wilson have in the significance of this year?

Part 3) How does this year lead to later events in the book? How do the events that take place in 1985 impact us today?

Essay Topic 2

The American missile, the Stinger, is created.

Part 1) How does this missile affect the world's view of the U.S.?

Part 2) How does this weapon affect the U.S.'s offensive capabilities?

Part 3) How has the creation of this missile affected what has happened in the Middle East? How are these effects still seen today?

Essay Topic 3

Avrakoto gains power in the CIA.

Part 1) How dose he gain power? Is this difficult for him? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does his childhood and upbringing foreshadow this success?

Part 3) How is this power lost? What is his reaction to this? Why does he react this way?

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