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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 Tonki?
(a) Her new boss at the embassy
(b) One of her roommates
(c) Her new boyfriend
(d) A servant at the embassy who handled her luggage

2. Who does Sears ask Peterson to assign to Sarkhan?
(a) Father Finian
(b) Joe Bing
(c) John Colvin
(d) Hilary Clinton

3. What question does Father Finian ask that surprises the Burmese men?
(a) "Which of you is a communist?"
(b) "What is it that we want to do?"
(c) "What is the cure for dysentary?"
(d) "Where is the men's room?"

4. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?
(a) By arranging mortgages for them
(b) By teaching them to raise cattle
(c) By selling them rice
(d) By lending them money

5. Why does she have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the government cafeteria every day?
(a) She loves the food there
(b) She is having an affair with the head chef there
(c) Cheaper and easier than eating in the crowded apartment
(d) Her apartment has no stove

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did this ruse work even though many Americans were involved in giving the rice to the people?

2. How does she get to work every day?

3. How many servants came with her new house?

4. Who is Magsaysay?

5. Why was there a famine in South Sarkhan?

(see the answer key)

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