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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Fidel advise Perkins never to do?
(a) Travel alone.
(b) Eat at empty restaurants.
(c) Walk to the Canal Zone.
(d) Speak English.

2. What was written in graffiti on the walls in Panama?
(a) Uncle Sam, slave master.
(b) Panama separation.
(c) Americans welcome.
(d) Uncle Sam is awesome.

3. Why did Fidel thank Perkins?
(a) He defended Torrijos.
(b) He defended America.
(c) He gave Fidel money.
(d) He gave Fidel food.

4. What was Perkin's opinion about being an economic hit man at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He wanted to go back to college.
(b) He wished he had thought of the idea.
(c) He wanted to learn the process and benefit from it.
(d) He wanted nothing to do with the process.

5. In Chapter 4, who was the President of the World Bank?
(a) John Mcgee.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Thomas Frank.
(d) George Clinton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the United States fight the Soviet Union?

2. What did Perkins find in the Canal Zone?

3. What percent of electric load growth did MAIN project?

4. What is Bechtel?

5. What caused a waitress to scream at the bar that Perkins and Fidel visited?

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