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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, "The Ugly American".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Marie MacIntosh
(a) A young woman from the Pentagon secretarial pool who attends the recruitment meeting
(b) Roger's wife
(c) US Air Force Colonel from the Phillipines
(d) Louis Sears' secretary

2. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?
(a) An American Army officer assigned as an observer to the French Foreign Legion outside of Hanoi, Vietnam
(b) A newspaper reporter from the New York Times
(c) Marie MacIntosh's boyfriend from the Pentagon
(d) An intelligence officer assigned to the Soviet embassy

3. Who is Major Monet?
(a) One of the embassy servants
(b) An artist living in Sarkhan
(c) Best friend of Louis Sears
(d) The commander of the French Foreign Legion outside of Hanoi, Vietnam

4. What are Major Monet's men preparing to do?
(a) Parachute jump into Dien Bien Phu to fight the communists
(b) Organize a large event with food and entertainment
(c) Desert from their posts
(d) Evacuate Hanoi

5. What does Joe Bing call the U.S.Government
(a) The General
(b) The United States Government
(c) Big Brother
(d) Uncle Sammy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Upton describe Joe Bing to the audience?

3. What do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite decide to do?

4. What did the placards say about foreign service?

5. Who is Homer Atkins?

(see the answer key)

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