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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Perkins see when he drove through the slums of Panama?

2. How did the United States fight the Soviet Union?

3. Whom did Perkins meet with in Chapter 9?

4. Where did Perkins live in Chapter 5?

5. Where did Perkins live while he worked in the Peace Corp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the United States appear innocent in the ruin of less developed countries?

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

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

4. How did Indonesia become a communist country?

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

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

7. Why did MAIN fire Howard Parker?

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

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

10. What is corporatocracy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who were Doc and Yamin? What role did Doc and Yamin play in Perkins' life? Describe Perkins' interaction with Doc in the desert. What important information did he learn? Cite examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what you believe the term "economic hit man" means. What does the term mean to Perkins? How are economic hit men a lethal force? Cite examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one element of the dream Perkins had on his last night in Indonesia. Why do you believe that element is significant? What does it suggest about Perkins' emotions at that point in the book? How did the dream change Perkins? Cite examples from the book to support your claims.

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