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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. Wilson shows interest in Vickers' plan, but on what does he still insist?

2. Of what does Russian leader Gorbachev accuse Pakistan's President Zia?

3. With President Reagan's reelection, what happens to the political scene in Washington?

4. When Avrakotos goes on record against the agency's actions, what is the outcome?

5. Why does Avrakotos hire Mike Vickers from the paramilitary branch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what department do the wars in Afghanistan and between Iran and Iraq fall? What does this agency feel about this?

2. What happens in the summer of 1988 that affects Wilson?

3. What does Chapter Twenty-eight introduce?

4. What happens by September of 1986?

5. With what does Vaughn Forest approach Wilson?

6. What does Vickers point out to Avrakotos?

7. What do Charlie Wilson and Gust Avrakotos work out?

8. What does Wilson continue to do at this time?

9. What truce is decided upon in Geneva?

10. What happens with the exit of Simpson?

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

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 3

Avrakotos hires Mike Vickers.

Part 1) Who is Mike Vickers? Why does Avrakotos hire him?

Part 2) How do both Avrakotos and Wilson benefit from Vickers?

Part 3) How influential is Vickers in the decisions Avrakotos and Wilson make?

Part 4) How might their decisions have been different if Vickers had never been hired? How would this have affected American and other abroad?

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