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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Whom did Torrijos want to finance his project?
(a) The Americans.
(b) MAIN.
(c) Bechtel.
(d) The Japanese.

5. Where did Perkins live in Chapter 5?
(a) In a car.
(b) In a tent.
(c) In a government house.
(d) In a penthouse apartment.

6. What did Robert McNamara infuse into government policy?
(a) Business models.
(b) Military drills.
(c) Scientific terms.
(d) Philosophy.

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

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

9. Who was Omar Torrijos?
(a) Perkins' boss.
(b) The President of Panama.
(c) A cab driver.
(d) A friend of Perkins.

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

11. What was the goal of Perkins' report in Chapter 15?
(a) To make Saudi Arabia more dependent on the United States.
(b) To destroy MAIN.
(c) To make Saudi Arabia less dependent on the United States.
(d) To analyze the power of OPEC.

12. What happened as a result of OPEC's oil embargo?
(a) Emploment rates became higher.
(b) The great depression.
(c) WWII.
(d) Unemployment and fixed exchange rates collapsed.

13. 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.

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

15. Rasy's friend compared the Muslims to ___________.
(a) A snake waiting to strike.
(b) A kitten ready to purr.
(c) A dog ready to play.
(d) A tiger waiting to pounce.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Perkins in Panama at the end of Chapter 10?

3. What were Panamanian woman prohibited to do?

4. Why was the Canal Zone in the shape it was in?

5. How was Howard described to Perkins?

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