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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did the United States fight the Soviet Union?
(a) Through a series of debates.
(b) With the United Nation's policies and, also, economically.
(c) With weapons of mass destruction.
(d) With cluster bombs.

4. What did Perkins try to convince himself of at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He was going to marry again.
(b) He was going to receive a promotion.
(c) He had seen God.
(d) He was an economist not an economic hitman.

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

6. Why did Fidel thank Perkins?
(a) He gave Fidel food.
(b) He defended Torrijos.
(c) He defended America.
(d) He gave Fidel money.

7. Where would Perkins' plan lead Panama?
(a) Into democracy.
(b) Into wealth.
(c) Into debt.
(d) Into victory.

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 4, who was the President of the World Bank?
(a) George Clinton.
(b) Thomas Frank.
(c) John Mcgee.
(d) Robert McNamara.

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

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

14. What was Richard Nixon dressed as in Chapter 7?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) An angel.
(c) A thief.
(d) A clown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Indonesia become a communist country?

2. Where did Perkins' parents teach in Chapter 1?

3. What does Perkins believe makes people feel that God only wants certain people at the top?

4. What was Prince W.'s weakness?

5. Where did MAIN conduct most of its work?

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