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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Everybody Loves Joe Bing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have many Burmese become communists?
(a) Because Americans are ugly
(b) Because the communists offer them more money
(c) Because communists are the winning team
(d) Because they believe the communists are against the Westerners, who have behaved unjustly

2. 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

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

4. What does Ruth Jyoti think of Joe Bing?
(a) He is a professional foreign service officer
(b) He is a good and decent man
(c) his is an inconsiderate bastard who knows nothing of Asian ways.
(d) He is a celebrity in America

5. What skills did Ambassador Krupitzyn learn before the Soviets assigned him to Sarkhan?
(a) karate, cooking, and ability to speak Hebrew
(b) Square dance calling and internet research
(c) Cell phone usage, massage and calligraphy
(d) To speak the language fluently, to play the Sarkhanese music, and to dance

Short Answer Questions

1. After studying communism, what does Father Finian conclude?

2. What does Louis Sears call the citizens of Sarkhan?

3. Who is the first person Father Finian looks for after he has learned the language and learned to eat the food?

4. What is a Sarkhanese?

5. Who is Joe Bing?

(see the answer key)

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