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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, where did Perkins discover he could not work?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In Indonesia.
(c) In America.
(d) In Bandung.

2. Who trained Perkins to become an economic hit man?
(a) An old man.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A young man.
(d) A beautiful woman.

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

4. How was Howard described to Perkins?
(a) As a kind person.
(b) As a mean, vindictive man.
(c) As a man to be trusted.
(d) As an honorable person.

5. What did the man in Perkins' dream look like?
(a) Straight hair and Asian.
(b) Brown hair and light complexion.
(c) Dark curly hair and a dark complexion.
(d) Light curly hair and a light complexion.

6. Who is Fidel?
(a) Perkins' boss.
(b) Perkins' driver.
(c) The dictator of Panama .
(d) The ambassador to Panama.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What did the people of Panama think about their president?
(a) They loathed him.
(b) They did not care about him.
(c) The loved him.
(d) Panama did not have a president.

13. What did Torrijos say he would fight for in Chapter 13?
(a) The right to vote.
(b) Communism.
(c) To ensure Panama did not end up like Guatemala.
(d) Liberation.

14. What dripped from the eyes of the man in Perkins' dream?
(a) Tears.
(b) Blood.
(c) Water.
(d) Grease.

15. What was the purpose of JECOR?
(a) To have the United States help rebuild Saudi Arabia with the Saudi's money.
(b) To bring democracy to Saudi Arabia.
(c) To destroy OPEC.
(d) To have Saudi Arabia set up businesses in the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bechtel?

2. What issue did the United States have with Panama?

3. In Chapter 4, who was the President of the World Bank?

4. In Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which empires were listed as imperialistic?

5. What did the countries that Perkins' company helped eventually do?

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