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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Perkin's opinion about being an economic hit man at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He wanted to go back to college.
(b) He wanted nothing to do with the process.
(c) He wished he had thought of the idea.
(d) He wanted to learn the process and benefit from it.

3. Why did it make sense to Perkins that big corporations funded colleges?
(a) Professors would not expose the companies for fear of losing their job.
(b) Tax breaks.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Colleges needed funding.

4. What percent of electric load growth did MAIN project?
(a) Five.
(b) Eighty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Seventeen.

5. Perkins discovered the key to working in politics was ______________.
(a) Living in America.
(b) Being a woman.
(c) Being buisness smart.
(d) Being an economic hit man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as a result of OPEC's oil embargo?

2. Who told Fidel to calm down while he and Perkins were at the bar?

3. In Chapter 6, where did Perkins discover he could not work?

4. What dripped from the eyes of the man in Perkins' dream?

5. What issue did the United States have with Panama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Perkin's experience with the puppet master.

2. What were Panamanian women not allowed to do?

3. Why did Perkins travel to Panama?

4. Describe the role of OPEC.

5. What was life like in the Canal Zone?

6. What was the purpose of the New Deal's policies? What was the significance?

7. What were the two objectives of economic hit men?

8. Describe Perkins' interaction with Rasy's friends at the coffeehouse.

9. Describe Perkins thoughts about Jakarta.

10. Describe Howard Parker.

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