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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "Employment Opportunities Abroad".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sears' overall assessment of his situation in Sarkhan?
(a) We are beloved friends of the Sarkhanese
(b) We are in the weeds
(c) We are all becoming communists
(d) We're in good shape here.

2. How did Joe Bing treat Father Finian's request for ballpoint pens as rewards for distributing the newspapers?
(a) Joe Bing never received the request
(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 granted the request and hand wrapped the pens

3. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?
(a) She agrees with the native press too much and brings newspapermen to his office
(b) She is sleeping with the servants
(c) She is a communist spy
(d) She is too tall

4. Of the names listed below, who was also a speaker at the recruitment meeting?
(a) Marie MacIntosh
(b) Homer Atkins
(c) Joe Bing
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

5. What is the first step that the friends decide to take?
(a) To kill every communist they find
(b) To throw a party and invite all the communists
(c) To escape from Burma
(d) To gather intelligence about the communists

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #1?

2. How did Colvin meet Deong?

3. Who does Sears ask Peterson to assign to Sarkhan?

4. Why did this ruse work even though many Americans were involved in giving the rice to the people?

5. What medicine did Deong and Colvin put into the Japanese soldiers' food?

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