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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Perkins' impression of Jakarta?
(a) He had never seen such a clean city.
(b) He had never seen such wealth.
(c) He never travelled to Jakarta.
(d) He had never seen such desperation.

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

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

5. How did the employees of MAIN live?
(a) Lavishly.
(b) Pay check to pay check.
(c) The employees live in the city.
(d) Poorly.

6. What was Perkins' impression of political and business leaders at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He could not wait to be a business leader.
(b) While they acted unkind, he suspected they were nice.
(c) While they acted friendly, he suspected they were not.
(d) He could not wait to be a political leader.

7. What did MAIN never teach Perkins in Chapter 4?
(a) Buisness administration.
(b) Macroeconomics.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Calculus.

8. What did Torrijos want for his country?
(a) What was best for the people.
(b) To work with MAIN.
(c) Lots of power and wealth.
(d) To remain primitive.

9. What position did Perkins accept at MAIN?
(a) Economist.
(b) Publicist.
(c) Book keeper.
(d) Lawyer.

10. Who told Fidel to calm down while he and Perkins were at the bar?
(a) Perkins.
(b) A Panamanian man.
(c) An American.
(d) The bouncer.

11. Why was the Canal Zone in the shape it was in?
(a) It had faulty building codes.
(b) It was an American territory.
(c) It was a European territory.
(d) It was a territory of Panama.

12. Where did MAIN conduct most of its work?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In developing countries.
(c) In the United States.
(d) In developed countries.

13. What was Prince W.'s weakness?
(a) Tall brunettes.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Tall blondes.

14. Why did Howard return to the United States?
(a) He missed his son.
(b) He was sick.
(c) He was fired.
(d) His visa expired.

15. What did Perkins find in the Canal Zone?
(a) Abandoned homes.
(b) Plush golf courses and pretty stores.
(c) Poverty.
(d) His business contact.

Short Answer Questions

1. What man appeared to Perkins in his dream?

2. What was MAIN's key to helping the United States obtain dominance in Indonesia?

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

4. What religious book did Perkins learn the Saudis studied?

5. What was the purpose of JECOR?

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