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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Li Ping angered by this question?
(a) Li Ping does not speak good English
(b) Li Ping is always angry
(c) Li Ping is a communist
(d) Li Ping knows the servants are listening

2. How did Krupitzyn begin his career in foreign service for the Soviet Union?
(a) As a chauffeur in New York
(b) law office clerk in Boise Idaho
(c) taxi driver in Chicago
(d) cook at McDonalds in Elgin, Illinois

3. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?
(a) Brightly colored placards posted around Washington D.C.
(b) Ads on CNN
(c) Word of mouth
(d) Newspaper ads with attractive photos

4. What happens to Colvin in this chapter?
(a) He and Deong get into a fight and the women beat up Colvin
(b) Colvin makes his first million
(c) Colvin marries Deong's sister
(d) Colvin decides to return to the USA

5. How many men are in Father Finian's group, including hiim?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Fifteen
(c) Nine
(d) Three

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

7. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?
(a) Refuses protection for Father Finian and recommends the Sarkhanese refuse a visa for John Colvin
(b) Declares Father Finian and John Colvins as good examples of how Americans should behave in Sarkhan
(c) Commands all embassy staff to take lessons in Sarkhaneses
(d) Issues a new policy of no drinking at the embassy

8. Why is Ruth Jyoti disappointed with the American newspapers?
(a) They are all written in English
(b) There are not enough ads for dresses
(c) There are too few comics
(d) There are no reports concerning the Asian nation conferences

9. Where is Marie assigned when she is accepted into the foreign service?
(a) China
(b) Holland
(c) Sarkhan
(d) France

10. How does she get to work every day?
(a) Limousine
(b) Her own vehicle
(c) Rides the bus
(d) Walks

11. Who was one of the main people Ambassador Krupitzyn went to see when he arrived in Sarkhan?
(a) Homer Atkins
(b) Chief Abbott of the Buddhist Monastery
(c) Senator Brown
(d) Joe Bing

12. 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

13. How does she occupy her evenings?
(a) After chores, she watches television
(b) Parties with prominent Pentagon officials
(c) Attending college classes
(d) Reading books on political idealogy

14. How many native communists does Sears claim to have met?
(a) Hundreds
(b) None
(c) Thirteen
(d) Nine

15. What first caused Father Finian to realize the dangers of communism?
(a) He saw Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart
(b) An encounter with a young American soldier in WWII
(c) The Pope sent him a letter
(d) He was recruited by a fellow priest

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?

4. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

5. What is Ruth Jyoti's main criticisms of Americans who live in Asia?

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