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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After studying communism, what does Father Finian conclude?
(a) Communism is like hula hoops and is a passing fad
(b) Communism is not a threat
(c) Communism was like a religion, a form of secular ritual, and evil
(d) Communism will win

2. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?
(a) An intelligence officer assigned to the Soviet embassy
(b) Marie MacIntosh's boyfriend from the Pentagon
(c) An American Army officer assigned as an observer to the French Foreign Legion outside of Hanoi, Vietnam
(d) A newspaper reporter from the New York Times

3. What skills did Ambassador Krupitzyn learn before the Soviets assigned him to Sarkhan?
(a) Square dance calling and internet research
(b) Cell phone usage, massage and calligraphy
(c) karate, cooking, and ability to speak Hebrew
(d) To speak the language fluently, to play the Sarkhanese music, and to dance

4. What is Ruth Jyoti's main criticisms of Americans who live in Asia?
(a) They are too pale
(b) They care nothing for the culture of the people living there
(c) They are all Catholics
(d) They are too tall

5. Who is the Ragtime Kid?
(a) Joe Bing
(b) Air Force Colonel Edwin B. Hillandale
(c) Homer Atkins
(d) Marie MacIntosh

6. Why is this letter from Louis Sears to Dexter Peterson confidential and personal?
(a) Sears and Peterson are long time friends and trust one another
(b) Sears is not allowed to send regular correspondence
(c) Dexter would not read the letter otherwise
(d) Sears is passing government secrets

7. Why did the rumor persist?
(a) The President of the USA said it
(b) It was on CNN all day long
(c) The American embassy did not deny it
(d) Someone overheard an official repeat the rumor

8. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #2?
(a) Soviet Union citizen and foreign service officer Louis Krupitzyn
(b) A servant in the American Embassy
(c) A famous US Senator
(d) An Admiral in the US Navy

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

10. Why is the number 30 listed next the the name of Sarkhan by the Soviets?
(a) That is the number of months they expect to pass before the country becomes communist
(b) It is the number of cases of coca cola regularly sent to the embassy
(c) It is the number of rooms the embassy has
(d) That is how many ambassadors have served there in the past 3 years

11. What have the communists told the northern province villagers about the Americans?
(a) They are rich snobs who don't understand Filipinos
(b) They smell bad
(c) They torture everyone
(d) They are good and decent people

12. Who is Joe Bing?
(a) Chief of Information for ICA
(b) Mayor of Fort Worth
(c) French Ambassador to Sarkhan
(d) Servant at the Soviet Embassy

13. Ruth Jyoti says in her country, good deeds are publicized by what?
(a) The radio
(b) Printed newspapers
(c) Oprah Winfrey Show
(d) The bamboo telegraph

14. What was the solution proposed?
(a) To turn the newspaper editor over to the police
(b) To bring the editors of the local papers to see the Ambassador
(c) To slander the newspaper who originally printed it
(d) To blow up the newspaper office that originally printed the rumor

15. What did the USA do with the land?
(a) Put an electric fence around it
(b) Put a Walmart there
(c) Grew crops
(d) Allowed the Sarkhanese government to use it

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sears ask Peterson to assign to Sarkhan?

2. Who proposed a solution to the problem?

3. Who is Roger and Donald

4. What happened when Father Finian incorporates the Burmese food into his diet?

5. Who is Homer Atkins?

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