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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "The Ambassador and the Working Press".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person Father Finian looks for after he has learned the language and learned to eat the food?
(a) A good doctor in the area
(b) A communist who wants to defect
(c) A Burmese Catholic he can trust
(d) People to invite for dinner

2. Who proposed a solution to the problem?
(a) An American editor
(b) Joe Bing
(c) Marie MacIntosh
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

3. Why did the rumor persist?
(a) The American embassy did not deny it
(b) The President of the USA said it
(c) Someone overheard an official repeat the rumor
(d) It was on CNN all day long

4. Who informs Lous Sears about John Colvin's injuries?
(a) Margaret Johnson, his assistant
(b) John Colvin
(c) Margaret Colvin
(d) Jeepo

5. What did the placards say about foreign service?
(a) Good bosses, parties every night, cheap liquor
(b) Good pay, possible advancement, patriotic career, opportunity to travel
(c) Exposure to disease and dysentary but good for you
(d) Poor working conditions, bad pay, no possibility for advancement

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this not good evidence?

2. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?

3. What happened when Father Finian incorporates the Burmese food into his diet?

4. Of the names listed below, who was also a speaker at the recruitment meeting?

5. Ruth Jyoti says in her country, good deeds are publicized by what?

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