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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. Why was the Canal Zone in the shape it was in?
(a) It was a territory of Panama.
(b) It was an American territory.
(c) It was a European territory.
(d) It had faulty building codes.

2. What led to the 1974 embargo of oil to the United States?
(a) Nixon's aid to Israel.
(b) Nixon's aid to Saudi Arabia.
(c) The United States was in debt.
(d) The Gulf War.

3. Whom did Perkins meet with in Chapter 9?
(a) His family.
(b) The common people.
(c) Natives.
(d) World leaders.

4. Where did Perkins decide NOT to go to college?
(a) American University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Brown.

5. What did Perkins have to remind himself of at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) One day he would run MAIN.
(b) One day he would expose MAIN.
(c) His phone number.
(d) His address.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who was the President of the World Bank?

2. Why did it make sense to Perkins that big corporations funded colleges?

3. Whom did Torrijos want to finance his project?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Perkins thoughts about Jakarta.

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

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

8. What happened at the bar in the Canal Zone?

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

10. Why did MAIN fire Howard Parker?

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