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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret did Paula keep from Perkins?
(a) She was a guerilla.
(b) She was married.
(c) She was a spy.
(d) Her brother was a guerilla.

2. What was Perkins' response to his mentor being fired?
(a) Perkins was devastated.
(b) Perkins was thrilled.
(c) Perkins was relieved.
(d) Perkins cried.

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

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

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

6. What caused Venezuela's budget to quadruple?
(a) The death of Omar Torrijos.
(b) The death of Jaime Roldós.
(c) The 1986 oil embargo.
(d) The 1973 oil embargo.

7. What prediction of Doc's came true at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) MAIN lost millions.
(b) The Shah became a leader again.
(c) Perkins was made a member of parliament.
(d) MAIN was welcomed by the new government.

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

9. What did Doc say the Flowering Desert Project would do to Iran?
(a) Flood it.
(b) Bring money into the country.
(c) Rebuild it.
(d) Destroy it.

10. What did Osvaldo Hurtado allow to happen when he became president?
(a) For the people of Ecuador to invest in Oil fields.
(b) He allowed MAIN to establish offices in Ecuador.
(c) Public executions.
(d) He allowed the Summer Institute of Linguistics to return.

11. Why did the United States ignore the problem in Venezuela?
(a) They were at war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
(b) They did not know there was a problem.
(c) They had too much money invested in Venezuela.
(d) They had no power in Venezuela.

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

13. What natural resource was important to the Middle East?
(a) Wood.
(b) Coal.
(c) Water.
(d) Wind.

14. What happened to Doc as punishment for dishonoring society?
(a) His nose was cut off.
(b) His hand was cut off.
(c) His ear was cut off.
(d) His foot was cut off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act?

2. What does Perkins dread about Ecuador's future?

3. What family returned to Panama after being exiled in Columbia.

4. What effect did Perkins' article have on MAIN's business practices in Panama?

5. Who is Yamin?

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