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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does one of Janet Ziegler's son's not attend her funeral?
(a) He is caught with drugs in the Honolulu airport.
(b) He knows she died with a lover.
(c) Dick Ziegler neglects to call him.
(d) His plane is grounded in Los Angeles.

2. In what city is Inez Victor when the new media finally locates her in 1976?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Honolulu.
(d) Jakarta.

3. What reason does Jessie give Harry for not wanting to go to Janet's funeral?
(a) Mourning is a bourgeois activity.
(b) She doesn't attend funerals.
(c) She barely knew Janet.
(d) She cannot leave the state of Washington.

4. Where does Jessie Victor want to get a job?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Laos.
(d) Thailand.

5. When Didion returns to the US after meeting Inez, whom does the Congress publicly subpoena?
(a) Dwight Christian.
(b) Harry Victor.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Didion herself.

6. Why does Inez not want Jessie returning on an orphan plane?
(a) It is not stopping in Hong Kong.
(b) One recently crashed.
(c) There is no security on board.
(d) Many of the orphans are drug mules.

7. Whose presence at the house does Billy Dillon not mention in his telling of events in the chapter?
(a) Harry Victor.
(b) Jessie Victor.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Paul Christian.

8. What does Billy Dillon do on the flight to Honolulu to calm himself?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Takes one of Inez's Valiums.
(c) Reads the Bible.
(d) Plays solitaire.

9. What Bing Crosby song will play on the radio to announce Saigon's evacuation?
(a) Blue Skies.
(b) I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.
(c) Swinging On a Star.
(d) Don't Fence Me In.

10. In what European city does Harry Victor now spend most of his time?
(a) Paris.
(b) West Berlin.
(c) Copenhagen.
(d) Brussels.

11. What is BJ's profession?
(a) Airplane mechanic.
(b) Intelligence analyst.
(c) Consulate secretary.
(d) Field journalist.

12. Which of the following is not a malfeasance to which Lovett is connected?
(a) Human trafficking.
(b) Narcotics trafficking.
(c) Technology deals.
(d) Arms deals.

13. Which of the following is not an assumption Inez makes about the owner of the room in which she stays in Hong Kong?
(a) It is a woman.
(b) It is a reporter.
(c) It is a Communist.
(d) It is an American.

14. Jack Lovett's body is buried in Hawaii in a yard connected to what?
(a) A rendering plant.
(b) A barracks.
(c) A historical manor.
(d) A synagogue.

15. In what US satellite is Dick Ziegler when his wife is shot?
(a) Guam.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) The Virgin Islands.
(d) Guantanamo Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Lovett's primary concern regarding Jessie Victor's situation?

2. What punishment is given the bodies of executed soldiers at the Schofield barracks?

3. What patriotic song is played on a loop on radios after the Bing Crosby signal?

4. What evidence does Jack Lovett bring to the Christian house that Jessie is in Vietnam?

5. What is the cause of Jack Lovett's death?

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