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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, "The Sum of Tiny Things".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?
(a) Americans are too poor to travel to Asia
(b) The Americans are too short
(c) Ther Americans do not pay the servants well
(d) The Americans who are stationed in foreign lands are isolated, loud and ostentatious

2. Why was there a famine in South Sarkhan?
(a) Severe typhoons destroyed the crops
(b) Rice weevils
(c) The Americans stole the crops
(d) Seeds were blown away by tornadoes

3. What statement did the Ambassador give to the editors?
(a) The USA is going to give the land back to Sarkhan
(b) The rumor is true
(c) No comment
(d) The rumor is false

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

5. Who proposed a solution to the problem?
(a) Joe Bing
(b) An American editor
(c) Marie MacIntosh
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?

2. How does she get to work every day?

3. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?

4. How long does the conference go well before there are problems?

5. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?

(see the answer key)

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