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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 Perkins realize at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) He wanted to become president of the World Bank.
(b) He had changed.
(c) He loved his job.
(d) He wanted to stay in Indonesia.

2. In Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which empires were listed as imperialistic?
(a) Akkadia and Qin.
(b) Middle East, Rome, and Persia.
(c) Assyria and Mongol.
(d) Carolingia and Russia.

3. Who were off limits at the bar Perkins visited?
(a) The bouncers.
(b) The waitresses.
(c) The bartenders.
(d) The dancers.

4. What did Perkins try to convince himself of at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He was an economist not an economic hitman.
(b) He had seen God.
(c) He was going to marry again.
(d) He was going to receive a promotion.

5. Where did Perkins live while he worked in the Peace Corp?
(a) The Pyrenees Mountains.
(b) The Congo.
(c) The Appalachian Trail.
(d) The Amazon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Prince W.'s weakness?

3. Who trained Perkins to become an economic hit man?

4. What is a dalang?

5. Who said they would take over the bar at the end of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Perkins travel to Panama?

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

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

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

6. What was Perkins told about Chas. T. Main, Inc?

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

8. What did Howard Parker believe was wrong with MAIN'S predictions about Jakarta? Why did he leave?

9. What did Saudi Arabia's oil embargo cause the United States to realize?

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

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