1. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?
(a) To avoid paying taxes
(b) To fight communism from spreading all over the world
(c) To get out of the USA
(d) To enrich their 401K

2. Why don't they jump?
(a) They are afraid of the upcoming battle
(b) MacWhite tells them they cannot go
(c) The parachutes are missing
(d) The battle has already been lost

3. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?
(a) Move to Sarkhan
(b) Move to Burma
(c) Leave the room
(d) Return to the United States

4. What does Atkins recommend instead of dams and roads?
(a) Interstate highways and rest stops
(b) A munitions plant and a dress factory
(c) A brick factory and a canning plant
(d) A chicken farm and a water pump factory

5. Why is he called ugly?
(a) His feet are unusually large
(b) His language is always peppered with obscenities
(c) It is his nickname from childhood
(d) His appearance is not attractive

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. How does Atkins surprise the committee?

3. Who is Marie MacIntosh

4. Why is the newspaperman rejected as an applicant for foreign service?

5. Of the names listed below, who was also a speaker at the recruitment meeting?

(see the answer key)

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