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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two objectives of economic hit men?
(a) To watch the stock market in developing countries and report them to the United States.
(b) To justify large loans for less developed countries and to bankrupt those countries.
(c) To steal money from overseas banks and not get caught.
(d) To fix the economic situations of poor countries and help the people.

2. When did Indonesia gain independence?
(a) After WWI.
(b) After WWII.
(c) After the Korean War.
(d) After the Gulf War.

3. What was MAIN's key to helping the United States obtain dominance in Indonesia?
(a) Money.
(b) The internet project.
(c) The electrification project.
(d) The green light project.

4. Where did Perkins live while he worked in the Peace Corp?
(a) The Amazon.
(b) The Appalachian Trail.
(c) The Congo.
(d) The Pyrenees Mountains.

5. Perkins believed MAIN's objective in Indonesia was _____________.
(a) Destroying the country.
(b) Reinstating communism.
(c) Preventing communism and increasing the country's wealth.
(d) Building a new office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Howard tell Perkins in confidence?

2. Where did Perkins' parents teach in Chapter 1?

3. Where did Perkins decide NOT to go to college?

4. What did MAIN threaten Perkins never to do?

5. What did Perkins have to convince himself of at the end of Chapter 5?

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