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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. What are the only expenses of the people assigned to foreign service?
(a) food, liquor, clothes and servants
(b) housing, transportation and food
(c) clothing, lliquor and bribes
(d) liquor, housing and all travel

2. What project does MacWhite give Atkins to work on?
(a) Building dams and roads in Sarkhan
(b) Discover who Donald and Roger are reporting to in the communist party
(c) Create a way for Sarkhanese people to get water from the hills
(d) Finding an assignment for John Colvin

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

4. 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?
(a) You need a working knowledge of the language
(b) You must be fluent in the language before we can send you
(c) No need to learn the culture, just hang out with the Americans
(d) We are only accepting applications from those who already know the language

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?

2. What did the placards say about foreign service?

3. Who is Major Monet?

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

5. Who is Hamilton Bridge Upton?

(see the answer key)

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