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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. How does Upton describe Joe Bing to the audience?
(a) An overweight, ignorant slob
(b) An expert at meeting natives face to face as equals
(c) Totally unqualified for the job but the only person we could find
(d) A professional liar

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

3. What happens to Colvin in this chapter?
(a) Colvin decides to return to the USA
(b) Colvin marries Deong's sister
(c) He and Deong get into a fight and the women beat up Colvin
(d) Colvin makes his first million

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

5. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?
(a) We are only accepting applications from those who already know the language
(b) You must be fluent in the language before we can send you
(c) You need a working knowledge of the language
(d) No need to learn the culture, just hang out with the Americans

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If all the Americans were like Bob Maile, what does Ruth Jyoti say would happen in Asia?

3. Who replaces Ambassador Sears in Sarkhan?

4. What is the one word description of Marie MacIntosh used by the author?

5. Why have many Burmese become communists?

(see the answer key)

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