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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. What does the author point out about Wilson's term?

2. How does Wilson deal with the CIA during the first leg of the trip?

3. After three years of the Afghan/Russian war, how many Afghans live as refugees in Pakistan?

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

5. What does Hart fear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Wilson begin to woo? Who is this person?

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

4. What strategy does Wilson employ when running for office?

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

6. What takes place in Pakistan?

7. What takes place between Wilson and Hart?

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

9. How does Avrakotos feel after going to a Greek witch and having that person put a curse on director Graver?

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

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

Charlie Wilson is a dynamic man.

Part 1) Describe Charlie Wilson. How doe his personality prepare him for a career in politics?

Part 2) How does his personality also cause problems for him? How is his personality both helpful and detrimental?

Part 3) Why does he desire a playboy persona? What might have led him to desire this? How does this need for a lavish lifestyle affect him?

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