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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 is a dalang?
(a) A banker.
(b) A puppetmaster.
(c) A clown.
(d) A politician.

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

3. What were some of the New Deal's policies?
(a) Liberty and justice to all.
(b) To promote economic regulation, governmental financial manipulation, and extensive application of fiscal policy.
(c) Application of fiscal policy and freedom of religion.
(d) The right for immigrants to come to America.

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

5. What did the man in Perkins' dream carry on his shoulder?
(a) A cross.
(b) A car axle.
(c) A bed.
(d) A sack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Rasy help Perkins while in Indonesia?

3. What did the countries that Perkins' company helped eventually do?

4. How did the United States fight the Soviet Union?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the United States appear innocent in the ruin of less developed countries?

2. What did President Torrijos want to build, and who did he want to finance the project?

3. Describe Omar Torrijos.

4. How did MAIN try to bring Indonesia away from communism?

5. How did Perkins begin to feel about MAIN and Americans the longer he was in Indonesia?

6. Describe Perkins thoughts about Jakarta.

7. What did the people who lived in the slums of Panama think of America?

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

9. How did Indonesia become a communist country?

10. Why did it make sense to Perkins that businesses funded colleges?

(see the answer keys)

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