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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. Who encouraged Perkins to read his resume?
(a) Paula.
(b) His boss.
(c) Doc.
(d) Howard.

2. Who is Yamin?
(a) A subversive radical.
(b) A new employee at MAIN.
(c) The Shah.
(d) An angry militant.

3. How much of Ecuador's budget went to paying off debts?
(a) Twenty percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) One hundrerd percent.

4. What did Perkins do in the Amazon?
(a) Drilled for oil.
(b) Ran a fishing company.
(c) Introduced people to the Shuars.
(d) Taught English.

5. What does Perkins suggest people need to do at the end of Chapter 34?
(a) Buy oil stock.
(b) Wake up.
(c) Research historical wars.
(d) Spend more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prediction of Doc's came true at the end of Chapter 20?

2. What type of soldiers does Perkins say the United States fights with in Chapter 30?

3. What would happen if nations asked the United States to repay their debt?

4. How much did MAIN pay Perkins to be a expert witness?

5. Other then Iran who was the United States only other ally in the Middle East?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the United State's interest in Iran?

2. Describe the intention of the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act and what actually happened.

3. What was the purpose of the Dream Change Coalition?

4. Describe President Jaime Roldos.

5. What was Doc's opinion of the Flowering Desert Project?

6. What role did Perkins play in MAIN continuing to receive jobs from Venezuela in Chapter 17?

7. Describe Perkin's interaction with Yamin.

8. Describe how MAIN's deal with Saudi Arabia changed Saudi Arabia?

9. Describe the relevance of the Harken Energy Corporation.

10. Why was Iraq of interest to the United States?

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