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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, "The Bent Backs of Chang 'Dong".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Homer Atkins choose to partner with on the pump manufacturing?
(a) Joe Bing
(b) A local villager named Jeepo
(c) Henry Knox
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

2. What does U Maung Swe recommend to MacWhite?
(a) Allow the communists to take over
(b) Resign from the foreign service
(c) Bring John Colvin back to Sarkahn
(d) Obtain a chinese mistress

3. Who is Roger and Donald
(a) Two of Father Finian's nine friends
(b) Two American intelligence officers in Vietnam
(c) Famous comedians who come for the USO show
(d) Sakhanese servants in the embassy

4. How did Joe Bing treat Father Finian's request for ballpoint pens as rewards for distributing the newspapers?
(a) Joe Bing granted the request and hand wrapped the pens
(b) Joe Bing purchased the pens with his own money & gave them to Finian
(c) Joe Bing refused to grant the request
(d) Joe Bing never received the request

5. Why didn't Emma just order American brooms and hand them out?
(a) The villagers would not have accepted them
(b) There is no Fed Ex office in the area
(c) Homer tells her it is not important
(d) She cannot afford it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knox decide to do?

2. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?

3. What event does Hillandale get invited to soon after arriving in Sarkhan?

4. Why does Gilbert MacWhite speak freely about confidential matters around Roger and Donald?

5. What was their answer?

(see the answer key)

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