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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. Why do Soviet embassies employ only Soviets for service personnel?
(a) No one else will work for them because of their reputations
(b) The pay is too low for the natives
(c) None of the natives can fit in the uniforms
(d) So no aliens can serve as spies

2. Why don't they jump?
(a) The parachutes are missing
(b) MacWhite tells them they cannot go
(c) The battle has already been lost
(d) They are afraid of the upcoming battle

3. What does Knox say to the headman of the village when he is asked why he left America to come to Cambodia?
(a) I wanted to find a Cambodian wife
(b) I am interested in becoming a communist
(c) I like people and chickens.
(d) I was asked to leave the country

4. Why does Kruptizyn like Ambassador Sears?
(a) Sears is a distant cousin
(b) Because Sears' ineptness makes Krupitzyn's job easier
(c) They both enjoy a good chess game
(d) Sears is a very likable man

5. Who is Homer Atkins?
(a) A retired engineer who volunteers to go to Sarkhan
(b) General of the US Army in charge of Vietnam
(c) Supervisor of Louis Sears
(d) French Ambassador to Sarkhan

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs Knox about the Conference he is attending?

2. Why is this not good evidence?

3. When Hillandale leaves the northern province, what percentage of them vote for Magsaysay?

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

5. What was Asch's first clue that something was distracting Boning?

(see the answer key)

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