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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) Refuses protection for Father Finian and recommends the Sarkhanese refuse a visa for John Colvin
(b) Commands all embassy staff to take lessons in Sarkhaneses
(c) Declares Father Finian and John Colvins as good examples of how Americans should behave in Sarkhan
(d) Issues a new policy of no drinking at the embassy

2. What does Colvin say when Sears says he will have him transferred back to the USA?
(a) "I don't have enough money"
(b) "When is the next flight?"
(c) "I won't go"
(d) "Will you come with me?"

3. What did the USA do with the land?
(a) Grew crops
(b) Allowed the Sarkhanese government to use it
(c) Put a Walmart there
(d) Put an electric fence around it

4. Why did the Ambassador resent this move?
(a) He was jealous he had not thought of it first
(b) He wanted to solve the problem on his own
(c) He wanted the rumor to persist
(d) He believed it would endanger his chances of a judgeship in the USA

5. What does Louis Sears ask Peterson to do for him?
(a) Recruit a staff for Sarkhan that will make Sears look good.
(b) Find a staff who is competent and efficient
(c) Pay for a swimming pool at the embassy
(d) Send a color television for the embassy

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the only expenses of the people assigned to foreign service?

2. What was the name of the newspaper they created to confuse the communists and tell the truth to the Burmese people?

3. How did Sears cover his mistake about the mis-labeled rice?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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