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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Perkins suggest people need to do at the end of Chapter 34?
(a) Spend more.
(b) Wake up.
(c) Research historical wars.
(d) Buy oil stock.

2. Who, besides Perkins, knew Perkins' job description?
(a) No one.
(b) His family.
(c) Those on the inside.
(d) Everyone.

3. Who is Doc?
(a) An American dissenter.
(b) An American with a Ph.D.
(c) A Saudi rebel.
(d) An Iranian doctor.

4. Why did the United States want to join forces with Iran?
(a) To combine militaries.
(b) To thwart Saudi Arabia.
(c) To start a new colony.
(d) As a symbol of progress.

5. Why did Perkins quit his job as a expert witness for MAIN?
(a) He was bribed.
(b) The work load was too stressful.
(c) He wanted more money.
(d) He did not want to lie under oath.

6. Why does Perkins believe the United States invaded Iraq?
(a) The EHMs and jackals had failed.
(b) Perkins does not know why.
(c) The people were in trouble.
(d) They wanted to bring democracy to the people.

7. Yamin said that Iranians were a part of ____________.
(a) The sky.
(b) The forest.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The desert.

8. How much did MAIN pay Perkins to be a expert witness?
(a) Three times his previous salary.
(b) Ten thousand dollars.
(c) Ten times his previous salary.
(d) His same salary.

9. Who is Shakaim Chumpi?
(a) A militant.
(b) Perkins co-worker.
(c) An Indian guru.
(d) An Ecuadorian and author.

10. How dependent was Perkins on his staff?
(a) They helped him occasionally.
(b) At this point, Perkins had no staff.
(c) He did not need them.
(d) He would be nothing without them.

11. How much of Ecuador's budget went to paying off debts?
(a) Ninety percent.
(b) One hundrerd percent.
(c) Twenty percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

12. What effect did Perkins' article have on MAIN's business practices in Panama?
(a) There was no change in buisness.
(b) MAIN left Panama.
(c) Their contracts increased.
(d) Their contracts decreased.

13. Perkins was offered a new job under what condition?
(a) He would take a pay cut.
(b) He would blow the whistle on MAIN.
(c) He would not write his book.
(d) He would give up his American citizenship.

14. Other then Iran who was the United States only other ally in the Middle East?
(a) Kuwait.
(b) Saudi Arabi.
(c) Israel.
(d) Lebanon.

15. When Perkins read his resume, whom did he discover as his last two clients?
(a) Exxon and Shell.
(b) U.S. Department of Treasury and Panama.
(c) U.S. Department of Treasury and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(d) Google and Yahoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what did Perkins send to Torrijos?

2. What role did Sally play in Chapter 16?

3. What did the Islamic mob seize in order to have the Shah returned to Iran?

4. What did Perkin's article, "Colonialism in Panama has No Place in 1975," suggest that Panama receive?

5. What does Perkins believe the old American republic stood for?

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