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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "The Six-Foot Swami from Savannah".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the State Department define her new location?
(a) A stateside posting
(b) An ordinary posting
(c) A hardship post
(d) A luxury assigment

2. What famous general did Krupitzyn work with in China?
(a) Mao Tse-tung
(b) Douglass MacArthur
(c) George Patton
(d) Colin Powell

3. What happens to Knox's plan?
(a) The plan is turned into a novel by William Faulkner
(b) After being provided with every conceivable luxury and fed lies about the conditions of Cambodia, he loses the sense of urgency.
(c) He presents the plan to the Communists and they erect a statue in his honor
(d) He presents the plan to Congress and it is approved

4. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?
(a) She is sleeping with the servants
(b) She agrees with the native press too much and brings newspapermen to his office
(c) She is a communist spy
(d) She is too tall

5. Who does Hillandale charm at the dinner and therefore make more progress in one night than the embassy has made in months?
(a) Mao Tse-Tung
(b) The Prime Minister of Sarkhan
(c) Gilbert MacWhite
(d) Joe Bing

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does she have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the government cafeteria every day?

2. How old is Marie MacIntosh?

3. Why is MacWhite upset by this knowledge?

4. How many native communists does Sears claim to have met?

5. Who was one of the main people Ambassador Krupitzyn went to see when he arrived in Sarkhan?

(see the answer key)

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