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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, "The Ugly American and the Ugly Sarkhanese".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Ragtime Kid?
(a) Marie MacIntosh
(b) Homer Atkins
(c) Joe Bing
(d) Air Force Colonel Edwin B. Hillandale

3. Who is Homer Atkins?
(a) Marie MacIntosh's father
(b) Gilbert MacWhite's accountant
(c) An American construction engineer brought to VietNam to decide where dams and roads should be built
(d) Joe Bing's brother in law

4. How many servants came with her new house?
(a) Fifty-seven
(b) Thirty-five
(c) Eight
(d) Three

5. How long does the conference go well before there are problems?
(a) 4 hours
(b) 2 weeks
(c) 2 days
(d) 6 weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Homer Atkins bring with him when he moves to Sarkhan?

2. What does Ruth Jyoti think of Joe Bing?

3. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?

4. Why does he have this nickname?

5. Whose books do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite study?

(see the answer key)

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