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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. Ruth Jyoti says in her country, good deeds are publicized by what?
(a) The bamboo telegraph
(b) Oprah Winfrey Show
(c) The radio
(d) Printed newspapers

2. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?
(a) He arranged for the rice bags to be re-labeled as coming from Russia
(b) A spokesman from the Soviet Union discussed the rice on Sarkhanese television
(c) A radio broadcast in Russian
(d) He produced 100,000 handbills with the information written on it

3. Why is Ruth Hyoti disappointed with her treatment in Hawaii?
(a) She is not greeted with a flower necklace
(b) She is forced to wait for hours in an uncomfortable room before she can clear Immigrations
(c) She is imprisoned immediately
(d) She is not met by the President of the USA

4. How does the State Department define her new location?
(a) A stateside posting
(b) An ordinary posting
(c) A hardship post
(d) A luxury assigment

5. What famous general did Krupitzyn work with in China?
(a) Douglass MacArthur
(b) George Patton
(c) Mao Tse-tung
(d) Colin Powell

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What example of "tinsel" does U Maung Swe offer?

3. What question does Father Finian ask that surprises the Burmese men?

4. Who is Kruptizyn more concerned about than the American Ambassador?

5. How does Marie MacIntosh travel to her new destination?

(see the answer key)

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