1. Why is the newspaperman rejected as an applicant for foreign service?
(a) He is too old
(b) He once wrote an article criticizing the US government
(c) He already has a job
(d) He is not rich

2. Why does MacWhite join up with Wolchek and Monet?
(a) To learn why the communists are winning all over Asia
(b) He is bored with his duties as being ambassador
(c) To get away from his wife in Sarkhan
(d) Because Louis Sears recommended it

3. Who is Hamilton Bridge Upton?
(a) French Ambassador to Sarkhan
(b) Head Chef at the Sarkhan embassy
(c) French Ambassador to USA
(d) An experienced consul officer who was at the recruitment meeting

4. What did the placards say about foreign service?
(a) Poor working conditions, bad pay, no possibility for advancement
(b) Good bosses, parties every night, cheap liquor
(c) Good pay, possible advancement, patriotic career, opportunity to travel
(d) Exposure to disease and dysentary but good for you

5. Of the names listed below, who was also a speaker at the recruitment meeting?
(a) Joe Bing
(b) Marie MacIntosh
(c) Homer Atkins
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?

2. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

3. Why don't they jump?

4. Who is Major Monet?

5. What does Atkins recommend instead of dams and roads?

(see the answer key)

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