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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the first person Father Finian looks for after he has learned the language and learned to eat the food?
(a) A good doctor in the area
(b) People to invite for dinner
(c) A communist who wants to defect
(d) A Burmese Catholic he can trust

3. How does Marie MacIntosh travel to her new destination?
(a) Ship, then train
(b) Airplane, via first class ticket
(c) Walks
(d) Train

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

5. Why does Gilbert MacWhite speak freely about confidential matters around Roger and Donald?
(a) He believes they cannot speak English
(b) He believes they are both deaf
(c) He belives they are too ignorant to understand
(d) He believes they are harmless

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

7. What is a Sarkhanese?
(a) Someone who eats sark
(b) A citizen of planet Saturn
(c) A citizen of Sarkhan
(d) A citizen of Burma

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

9. If all the Americans were like Bob Maile, what does Ruth Jyoti say would happen in Asia?
(a) The Communists would not last long
(b) The Communists would win immediately
(c) The economy would fail
(d) People would name their children Bob

10. Who is Father Finian?
(a) Louis Sears' father in law
(b) A priest who is transferred to Burma by the Vatican
(c) The priest who runs the boys club in Sarkhan
(d) A Buddhist priest who lives next door to Homer Atkins

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

12. How old is Marie MacIntosh?
(a) 15
(b) 29
(c) 28
(d) 57

13. Who replaces Ambassador Sears in Sarkhan?
(a) Mrs. Sears
(b) Joe Bing
(c) Marie MacIntosh
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

14. What did the placards say about foreign service?
(a) Exposure to disease and dysentary but good for you
(b) Good pay, possible advancement, patriotic career, opportunity to travel
(c) Poor working conditions, bad pay, no possibility for advancement
(d) Good bosses, parties every night, cheap liquor

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ruth Jyoti says in her country, good deeds are publicized by what?

3. Who is Roger and Donald

4. Who is Joe Bing?

5. Why is this not good evidence?

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