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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 did Howard tell Perkins in confidence?
(a) Perkins' boss was blowing the whistle on the company.
(b) Not to believe the grand ideas MAIN put forth.
(c) Perkins' job was in trouble.
(d) Not to believe what his teachers taught him.

2. Who said they would take over the bar at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) The radicals.
(b) The owner.
(c) The government.
(d) The military police.

3. What was written in graffiti on the walls in Panama?
(a) Americans welcome.
(b) Uncle Sam is awesome.
(c) Panama separation.
(d) Uncle Sam, slave master.

4. What man appeared to Perkins in his dream?
(a) Jesus.
(b) His father.
(c) An angel.
(d) A stranger.

5. What was Prince W.'s weakness?
(a) Tall brunettes.
(b) Tall blondes.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Perkins believed MAIN's objective in Indonesia was _____________.

3. What did Rasy's friends say would cause Americans to want to go to war?

4. What caused a waitress to scream at the bar that Perkins and Fidel visited?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Perkins thoughts about Jakarta.

2. What led the Saudis to implement an embargo on oil in 1974?

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

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

5. Describe Howard Parker.

6. What is corporatocracy?

7. Describe Perkins' childhood.

8. What did Perkins dream about his last night in Indonesia?

9. What is the significance of The United Fruit Company?

10. How did the conversation with Rasy's friends influence Perkins?

(see the answer keys)

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