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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Hamilton Bridge Upton?
(a) Head Chef at the Sarkhan embassy
(b) French Ambassador to Sarkhan
(c) French Ambassador to USA
(d) An experienced consul officer who was at the recruitment meeting

3. How does Marie spend her evenings now?
(a) Writing letters home
(b) Going to parties or giving parties
(c) Watching tv
(d) Working at a local cafe for extra money

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

5. Who is Kruptizyn more concerned about than the American Ambassador?
(a) Father Finian
(b) Mrs. Kruptizyn
(c) Joe Bing
(d) Emma Watkins

6. How did Sears cover his mistake about the mis-labeled rice?
(a) He recalled the rice and had it re-labeled
(b) He blew up the Soviet embassy
(c) He sent out 100,000 handbills to the Sarkhanese explaining the ruse
(d) He called the farmers on the telephone and explained

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

8. How does the State Department define her new location?
(a) A stateside posting
(b) A luxury assigment
(c) A hardship post
(d) An ordinary posting

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

10. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #1?
(a) Louie, brother of Hughie and Dewey
(b) Louis Sears, Ambassador to Sarkhan
(c) Lou Rawls, American jazz singer
(d) Lou Gehrig, American baseball player

11. Who is Li Ping?
(a) Donald's brother
(b) A Chinese man who is a representative of General Chiang Kai-shek
(c) Roger's father
(d) Marie MacIntosh's boyfriend

12. What story is Ruth Jyoti most famous for?
(a) The Hindenberg disaster
(b) The success of Father Finian in Burma
(c) The Chinese discovery of the moon
(d) The Lindbergh kidnapping

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

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

15. Why is Ruth Hyoti disappointed with her treatment in Hawaii?
(a) She is imprisoned immediately
(b) She is not met by the President of the USA
(c) She is forced to wait for hours in an uncomfortable room before she can clear Immigrations
(d) She is not greeted with a flower necklace

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Father Finian ask that surprises the Burmese men?

2. What does Sears think could increase morale at the embassy in Sarkhan?

3. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?

4. Of the names listed below, who was also a speaker at the recruitment meeting?

5. What have the communists told the northern province villagers about the Americans?

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