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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 was Yuri Abramov's rank when Robert met him?
(a) Captain.
(b) Major.
(c) Colonel.
(d) General.

2. How long before it was set to take place was Tony Lake's message received?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few hours.

3. What was Tony Lake's position in 1995?
(a) He was the head of the CIA.
(b) He was the head of the homeland security.
(c) He was the president's national security advisor.
(d) He was the head of the FBI.

4. How did Chuck McKee die?
(a) In a covert operation.
(b) In an evacuation.
(c) In the bombing of Pan Am 103.
(d) In a car bombing.

5. Who was Muhammad Hassuna?
(a) A tough customer.
(b) The person who played Russian roulette.
(c) The bomber in 9-11.
(d) The suicide bomber in the embassy bombing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sheila Heslin not know about the CIA according to Robert?

2. What did Robert not know concerning Washington?

3. Why was Ahmad Chalabi considered an outsider among Iraqi dissidents?

4. What is a sterile number?

5. Who detained Chalabi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the general want?

2. What happened to the State Department and the CIA at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What did Robert spend a day doing when the fighting broke out in Dushanbe?

4. Who was Chuck McKee and what happened to him in Chapter 12?

5. What was Robert unable to do at the start of Chapter 10?

6. Where was Robert taken when he arrived at Cyprus airport in Chapter 9?

7. Who was Ahmad Chalabi, and why was he without support?

8. What did Talabani tell Robert when they arrived at a one story cinder block building?

9. What was Robert assigned to for riling up the National Security Adviser?

10. How did Robert treat Hasan when Hasan came to the CIA office?

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