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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 Father Finian do when he arrives in Burma?
(a) Asks his archbishop for provisions and permission to go into the jungle
(b) Finds a wife and settles down
(c) Asks the archbishop for permission to move into a larger house
(d) Converts to Buddhism and shaves his head

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

3. What first caused Father Finian to realize the dangers of communism?
(a) The Pope sent him a letter
(b) He saw Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart
(c) He was recruited by a fellow priest
(d) An encounter with a young American soldier in WWII

4. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?
(a) By arranging mortgages for them
(b) By teaching them to raise cattle
(c) By lending them money
(d) By selling them rice

5. After studying communism, what does Father Finian conclude?
(a) Communism is like hula hoops and is a passing fad
(b) Communism will win
(c) Communism is not a threat
(d) Communism was like a religion, a form of secular ritual, and evil

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ruth Hyoti disappointed with her treatment in Hawaii?

2. Why have many Burmese become communists?

3. Who is Ruth Jyoti?

4. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?

5. What did the USA do with the land?

(see the answer key)

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