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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What religious book did Perkins learn the Saudis studied?
(a) The Talmud.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Dianetics
(d) The Qur'an.

3. Perkins believed MAIN's objective in Indonesia was _____________.
(a) Destroying the country.
(b) Building a new office.
(c) Reinstating communism.
(d) Preventing communism and increasing the country's wealth.

4. 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) He could not wait to be a political leader.
(c) While they acted friendly, he suspected they were not.
(d) While they acted unkind, he suspected they were nice.

5. What did Perkins have to convince himself of at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He was a bad person.
(b) He was doing the right thing.
(c) Communism was wrong.
(d) MAIN was not going to fire him.

6. What are the two objectives of economic hit men?
(a) To steal money from overseas banks and not get caught.
(b) To justify large loans for less developed countries and to bankrupt those countries.
(c) To fix the economic situations of poor countries and help the people.
(d) To watch the stock market in developing countries and report them to the United States.

7. What did Torrijos want to build in Panama?
(a) A military base.
(b) A national park.
(c) A bigger canal at sea level.
(d) A resort.

8. Whom did Perkins begin to resent in Indonesia?
(a) Americans.
(b) Indonesians.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Howard.

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

10. Rasy's friends told Perkins the United States needed to stop _________.
(a) Working with MAIN.
(b) Being a democracy.
(c) Being allies with Indonesia.
(d) Being greedy.

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

12. What caused a waitress to scream at the bar that Perkins and Fidel visited?
(a) She saw a mouse.
(b) Perkins grabbed her arm.
(c) A soldier grabbed her arm.
(d) She witnessed a murder.

13. What were Panamanian woman prohibited to do?
(a) Drive a car.
(b) Drink.
(c) Wear long pants.
(d) Prostitute themselves.

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

15. What did MAIN threaten Perkins never to do?
(a) Speak to his family.
(b) Run for president.
(c) Reveal their policies.
(d) Leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Torrijos say he would fight for in Chapter 13?

2. What position did Perkins accept at MAIN?

3. What did Robert McNamara create which set a precedent for the corporatocracy?

4. What was Prince W.'s weakness?

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

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