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

2. How does Upton describe Joe Bing to the audience?
(a) An expert at meeting natives face to face as equals
(b) Totally unqualified for the job but the only person we could find
(c) An overweight, ignorant slob
(d) A professional liar

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

4. How does Atkins surprise the committee?
(a) By demonstrating a long handled broom
(b) By telling them the Communists have built a huge road in the jungle that runs the length of the country
(c) By falling asleep during the proceedings
(d) By announcing his plans to become communist

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?

4. Why don't they jump?

5. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

(see the answer key)

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