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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 job did Chavez hold after the worker strikes in Venezuela?
(a) President.
(b) Government secretary.
(c) Professor.
(d) He was exiled.

2. What was Perkins' response to his mentor being fired?
(a) Perkins cried.
(b) Perkins was thrilled.
(c) Perkins was relieved.
(d) Perkins was devastated.

3. What did Osvaldo Hurtado allow to happen when he became president?
(a) Public executions.
(b) He allowed the Summer Institute of Linguistics to return.
(c) He allowed MAIN to establish offices in Ecuador.
(d) For the people of Ecuador to invest in Oil fields.

4. Where did Perkins return to in Chapter 34?
(a) America.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

5. In Chapter 20, the United States accused Panama of ______________.
(a) Bankrupting America.
(b) Stealing the canal.
(c) Corruption and endangering American lives.
(d) Assassinating the President of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Perkins' mentor?

2. What was the Dream Change Coalition?

3. Why does Perkins believe the United States invaded Iraq?

4. What family returned to Panama after being exiled in Columbia.

5. How dependent was Perkins on his staff?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What controversy surrounded the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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

4. What did Perkins' experience in Columbia teach him?

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

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

7. What significance did September 11th have for Perkins?

8. Describe Perkin's interaction with Yamin.

9. Describe Perkins' relationship with Paula.

10. What was significant about Perkins not being a trained economist?

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