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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Capt. McLean subscribed to for years?
(a) The Farmer's Almanac.
(b) American Journal.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) All the farm journals.

2. Where did one of the contestant's get his shirt for the wrestling match?
(a) From a sailor at the Naval Base.
(b) From the parachute silk.
(c) From the target sheets.
(d) He made it himself.

3. What does Col. Purdy think of the Co-Op?
(a) He thinks it's Communism.
(b) He thinks it's terrible.
(c) He thinks it's brilliant.
(d) He thinks it's Socialism.

4. What are the kimonos made from?
(a) Parachute silk.
(b) Target cloth.
(c) Cloth made in the village.
(d) Bathrobes.

5. Why does Fisby not think it would be a good idea for Lotus Blossom to go to America?
(a) She would not be able to get a job.
(b) She would be considered "different."
(c) She does not have any education.
(d) She does not know anybody.

6. What is the name of the special liquor taste tester?
(a) Fisby and McLean.
(b) Elsa Maxwell.
(c) Lady Astor.
(d) Sakini.

7. What, according to Capt. McLean, do bees do?
(a) They are important for pollination.
(b) They make honey.
(c) They sting children.
(d) They sing a beautiful song.

8. How many lectures has Fisby given to the village children on Democratic Theory?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

9. Why are all the villagers returning at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4 with all of their bundles?
(a) The American soldiers would not buy their goods.
(b) The trail to the army base was washed out.
(c) The cart broke a wheel on the way and they could not get through.
(d) They sold their goods and bought new items for their homes.

10. How many castings do earthworms leave behind?
(a) Two times their own weight every day.
(b) Eight times their own weight every day.
(c) Two times their own weight every week.
(d) They don't leave behind castings.

11. When Col. Purdy tells Capt. McLean that he will be leaving, how does Capt. McLean describe what will happen to his plant?
(a) They will rot.
(b) They will be murdered.
(c) They will all dry up.
(d) They will outgrow their area.

12. What does tsukemono mean?
(a) Fragrant things.
(b) Tart thing.
(c) Salty things.
(d) Sweet things.

13. What does Fisby find in the corner of his office that he cups in his hands?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A roach.
(d) A cricket.

14. When Lotus Blossom asks Fisby if she can marry someone else, what does he tell her?
(a) That it is her decision.
(b) That he will think about it.
(c) That she must ask her father.
(d) That she must ask the Geisha guild.

15. What is Capt. McLean's lie to Fisby about why he is visiting the village?
(a) He's always wanted to see the beach.
(b) He says he wants to see a teahouse built.
(c) He claims to be on leave and wants to make some ethnological studies.
(d) He's always wanted to see the jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fisby offers Capt. McLean tsukemomo, he refuses saying he just ate what?

2. What does Col. Purdy tell Gregovich to do with the stills?

3. What do the townspeople want to buy with the money they make from selling liquor?

4. What are the men wading in next to where they are building the teahouse?

5. What does Sakini want to do when he realizes that Fisby is leaving?

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