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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 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

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

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

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) A newspaper reporter from the New York Times
(d) Marie MacIntosh's boyfriend from the Pentagon

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?

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

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

5. Who is Homer Atkins?

(see the answer key)

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