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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "The Ragtime Kid".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?
(a) Declares Father Finian and John Colvins as good examples of how Americans should behave in Sarkhan
(b) Refuses protection for Father Finian and recommends the Sarkhanese refuse a visa for John Colvin
(c) Issues a new policy of no drinking at the embassy
(d) Commands all embassy staff to take lessons in Sarkhaneses

2. 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

3. What happened when Father Finian incorporates the Burmese food into his diet?
(a) He gains 75 pounds and must start a diet
(b) He fires his cook
(c) He becomes allergic to bananas
(d) He suffers from dysentary and loses 40 pounds

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

5. How does she occupy her evenings?
(a) Reading books on political idealogy
(b) Attending college classes
(c) After chores, she watches television
(d) Parties with prominent Pentagon officials

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colvin say when Sears says he will have him transferred back to the USA?

2. Who proposed a solution to the problem?

3. What statement did the Ambassador give to the editors?

4. What evidence does Sears present that he is doing a good job in Sarkhan?

5. Who is Ruth Jyoti?

(see the answer key)

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