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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. What does Joe Rivers think of Joe Bing?
(a) He is charming, knows everyone and a great success in Asia
(b) He is a womanizer
(c) He is fat and stupid
(d) He is not equipped to be a janitor in an embassy

2. What did the USA do with the land?
(a) Put a Walmart there
(b) Grew crops
(c) Allowed the Sarkhanese government to use it
(d) Put an electric fence around it

3. What happens to Knox's plan?
(a) He presents the plan to Congress and it is approved
(b) He presents the plan to the Communists and they erect a statue in his honor
(c) After being provided with every conceivable luxury and fed lies about the conditions of Cambodia, he loses the sense of urgency.
(d) The plan is turned into a novel by William Faulkner

4. How did Krupitzyn begin his career in foreign service for the Soviet Union?
(a) law office clerk in Boise Idaho
(b) As a chauffeur in New York
(c) taxi driver in Chicago
(d) cook at McDonalds in Elgin, Illinois

5. What question does Father Finian ask that surprises the Burmese men?
(a) "What is the cure for dysentary?"
(b) "Which of you is a communist?"
(c) "What is it that we want to do?"
(d) "Where is the men's room?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Knox told when he proposes to bring in more roosters and chickens to Cambodia?

2. Why didn't Emma just order American brooms and hand them out?

3. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

4. Who is U Maung Swe?

5. When the first sales person returns with orders for the pump, how many does he have?

(see the answer key)

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