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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hunt say the Cuban mentality depends upon?
(a) The desert.
(b) The jungle.
(c) The forest.
(d) The ocean.

2. Why does Rosen say he cannot be transferred to Israel?
(a) Because of his mother's Jewish roots.
(b) There is a warrant out for his arrest there.
(c) His asthma can't take the climate there.
(d) He has a fear of airplanes.

3. Who does Harry's father ask him to stay away from?
(a) Chevi.
(b) Kittredge.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Arnie.

4. In Part IV, Chapter 26, what does Harry go to with Porringer?
(a) Parks.
(b) Hotels.
(c) Brothels.
(d) Pubs.

5. What does Hugh discover after checking with his contacts at the Soviet Desk in Part IV, Chapter twenty-one?
(a) That something is missing.
(b) That Kittredge is having an affair.
(c) That Harry has been slacking on his work.
(d) That Harry has lied.

6. Who tells Harry that Castro did not want the missiles but Khrushchev convinced him to take them?
(a) Chevi.
(b) Cal.
(c) Arnie.
(d) Dix.

7. Who does Hugh agree with Harry that he should stay away from in Part IV, Chapter twenty-one?
(a) George.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Boris.
(d) Howard.

8. Harry is depressed in Part V, Chapter thirty-five, after his breakup with who?
(a) Sally.
(b) Martha.
(c) Kittredge.
(d) Modene.

9. Who does Harry learn that Dix tortured, who turned out to have friends in powerful places?
(a) A Japanese agent.
(b) An East German agent.
(c) A British agent.
(d) A Russian agent.

10. Where does Hunt have the leaders of the group in charge of taking out Castro transferred to?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Chile.
(c) Panama.
(d) Uruguay.

11. What does Harry ask Hunt for during their lunch in Washington to help him overthrow Castro?
(a) Money and guns.
(b) Time and money.
(c) Guns and men.
(d) Money and men.

12. Who successfully tapped the PCU?
(a) Harry and Hugh.
(b) Chevi and Harry.
(c) Chevi and Porringer.
(d) Arnie and Hugh.

13. What is the name of the operation that is encountering some problems with negotiations between the White House and the Kremlin?
(a) Mongoose.
(b) Bluegoose.
(c) Redgoose.
(d) Greygoose.

14. Where is Harry's father going in hopes of reuniting with his ex-wife in Part Six, Chapter Two?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Vietnam.

15. Where does Harry say the company lands when they can no longer land in Trinidad during the invasion?
(a) The Bay of Cows.
(b) The Bay of Pigs.
(c) The Bay of Goats.
(d) The Bay of Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed about Libertad in Part IV, Chapter 30 that is very surprising?

2. What does the Washington bureau ask Harry a bunch of questions about in Part IV, Chapter 20?

3. Whose death from 1968 does Harry discuss happened while at a dinner party?

4. From the stewardess' transcripts who does Harry learn she is now spending time with in Part V, Chapter twenty-two?

5. Who is Hunt rooting for during the election in Part V, Chapter thirty-one?

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