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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. Who is the only witness of the drug use?

2. On the return leg of the junket, where do Herring and Wilson stop?

3. Of the forty-nine other recruits, how many hail from Ivy League schools?

4. In a discussion with the elders of the Afghan tribesmen, what does Wilson recognize?

5. What job does Avrakotos have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe a desire Avrakotos finds early in childhood.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Joanne Herring advise Zia to do? Does he do this?

8. Describe Wilson's time with the navy.

9. How does Wilson go against Congressional custom? What is the response to this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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