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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 Homer Atkins?
(a) An American construction engineer brought to VietNam to decide where dams and roads should be built
(b) Gilbert MacWhite's accountant
(c) Marie MacIntosh's father
(d) Joe Bing's brother in law

2. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?
(a) Brightly colored placards posted around Washington D.C.
(b) Ads on CNN
(c) Newspaper ads with attractive photos
(d) Word of mouth

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does MacWhite join up with Wolchek and Monet?

3. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?

4. What are the only expenses of the people assigned to foreign service?

5. What are Major Monet's men preparing to do?

(see the answer key)

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