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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 does Perkins believe makes people feel that God only wants certain people at the top?

2. What did the man in Perkins' dream look like?

3. What did MAIN threaten Perkins never to do?

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

5. What were Panamanian woman prohibited to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role of OPEC.

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

3. What is corporatocracy?

4. How did MAIN try to bring Indonesia away from communism?

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

6. What reaction did Perkins receive from business and political leaders in Jakarta in Chapter 6?

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

8. How did Indonesia become a communist country?

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

10. What were Panamanian women not allowed to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of The United Fruit Company in Central America? Discuss how The United Fruit Company influenced Central American politics as well as politics in the United States. What strategies did The United Fruit Company use to manipulate politics?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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