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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. Who is Father Finian?
(a) A Buddhist priest who lives next door to Homer Atkins
(b) A priest who is transferred to Burma by the Vatican
(c) The priest who runs the boys club in Sarkhan
(d) Louis Sears' father in law

2. Why does Deong want to cause Colvin's plan to fail?
(a) Deong has a competing business
(b) Deong is jealous of his succss
(c) Because Deong does not want the Americans to look better than the communists
(d) Colvin treated Deong badly in the past

3. Why is this letter from Louis Sears to Dexter Peterson confidential and personal?
(a) Sears is not allowed to send regular correspondence
(b) Sears is passing government secrets
(c) Dexter would not read the letter otherwise
(d) Sears and Peterson are long time friends and trust one another

4. Who is Marie MacIntosh
(a) A young woman from the Pentagon secretarial pool who attends the recruitment meeting
(b) Roger's wife
(c) US Air Force Colonel from the Phillipines
(d) Louis Sears' secretary

5. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #2?
(a) Soviet Union citizen and foreign service officer Louis Krupitzyn
(b) A famous US Senator
(c) A servant in the American Embassy
(d) An Admiral in the US Navy

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Homer Atkins choose to partner with on the pump manufacturing?

2. What happened when Father Finian incorporates the Burmese food into his diet?

3. Why do Soviet embassies employ only Soviets for service personnel?

4. How did Joe Bing treat Father Finian's request for ballpoint pens as rewards for distributing the newspapers?

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

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