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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Indonesia become a communist country?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) Lack of unity.
(d) Lack of a leader.

3. What did Howard tell Perkins in confidence?
(a) Perkins' job was in trouble.
(b) Not to believe what his teachers taught him.
(c) Not to believe the grand ideas MAIN put forth.
(d) Perkins' boss was blowing the whistle on the company.

4. What does Perkins believe makes people feel that God only wants certain people at the top?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Corporatocracy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Theology.

5. In Chapter 9, what promotion did Perkins receive?
(a) Chief economist.
(b) Chief reporter.
(c) President.
(d) CEO.

6. What issue did the United States have with Panama?
(a) Panama wanted to control the canal.
(b) Panama did not want to have peace.
(c) The United States had no issue with Panama.
(d) Panama attacked America.

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

8. What was SAMA?
(a) The Saudi Arabian Money-Laundering Affair.
(b) The South African Metro Association.
(c) The South African Money Affair.
(d) The Saudi Arabian Money Affair.

9. Why was Perkins in Panama at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) To move to the country.
(b) Perkins never went to Panama.
(c) To set up a water system.
(d) To talk to the Omar Torrijos.

10. In Chapter 6, Perkins wanted to spend less time with ____________.
(a) His family.
(b) His wife.
(c) Indonesians.
(d) Employees of MAIN.

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

12. Where was Perkins first assigned to work with MAIN?
(a) Paris.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Kuwait.

13. Where did Perkins' parents teach in Chapter 1?
(a) The Tilton School.
(b) The Key School.
(c) The Ramsey Schoo.
(d) Exodor.

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

15. What man appeared to Perkins in his dream?
(a) An angel.
(b) His father.
(c) A stranger.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Perkins discovered the key to working in politics was ______________.

2. What was the United States determined to lure Indonesia away from in Chapter 3?

3. Who told Fidel to calm down while he and Perkins were at the bar?

4. What was Perkin's opinion about being an economic hit man at the end of Chapter 2?

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

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