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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 was their answer?
(a) To have a country where Americans are banned from entering
(b) To have a country where any man may worship and live as he wishes
(c) Down the road, third tree on the left
(d) We are all communists

2. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?
(a) No need to learn the culture, just hang out with the Americans
(b) You must be fluent in the language before we can send you
(c) You need a working knowledge of the language
(d) We are only accepting applications from those who already know the language

3. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?
(a) Leave the room
(b) Move to Sarkhan
(c) Move to Burma
(d) Return to the United States

4. What is Sears' overall assessment of his situation in Sarkhan?
(a) We are all becoming communists
(b) We are in the weeds
(c) We're in good shape here.
(d) We are beloved friends of the Sarkhanese

5. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?
(a) To avoid paying taxes
(b) To enrich their 401K
(c) To get out of the USA
(d) To fight communism from spreading all over the world

Short Answer Questions

1. When the first sales person returns with orders for the pump, how many does he have?

2. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?

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

4. How does Atkins surprise the committee?

5. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?

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