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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hillandale do when he reaches the northern province?
(a) Demands that the villagers vote for Magsaysay
(b) Buys a large house, marries a local woman and settles down
(c) Plays his harmonica and makes friends with the villagers
(d) Buys dinner for everyone

3. How many acres of land were involved in this incident?
(a) 1,000
(b) 10,000
(c) One
(d) Fifty

4. Who is Marie MacIntosh
(a) Roger's wife
(b) A young woman from the Pentagon secretarial pool who attends the recruitment meeting
(c) Louis Sears' secretary
(d) US Air Force Colonel from the Phillipines

5. Why has Deong decided to become a communist?
(a) The pay is twice what he is making now
(b) Because he has lost faith in America to help his people and believes the communists will win
(c) His wife has relatives who are communists
(d) He lost money in the stock market

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

7. During what season did the incident of the Royal Sarkhanese Air Base happen?
(a) Dry season
(b) Wet season
(c) Chinese New Year
(d) Christmas

8. Who is Ruth Jyoti?
(a) Editor of an American newspaper in Sacramento
(b) Ambassador of China
(c) A talk show host on Hanoi television
(d) Editor and Publisher of a prominent and independent Southeast Asian newspaper

9. What does Sears think could increase morale at the embassy in Sarkhan?
(a) People who have studied communism
(b) People who can speak Sarkhanese
(c) People who don't drink
(d) More pretty girls

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

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

12. What do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite decide to do?
(a) Study the architecture and art of Hanoi
(b) Study communist battle tactics
(c) Party every night with Marie MacIntosh
(d) Learn Spanish

13. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?
(a) To fight communism from spreading all over the world
(b) To get out of the USA
(c) To enrich their 401K
(d) To avoid paying taxes

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Ambassador resent this move?

2. Why does Gilbert MacWhite speak freely about confidential matters around Roger and Donald?

3. What story is Ruth Jyoti most famous for?

4. Why does Kruptizyn like Ambassador Sears?

5. Who is Joe Bing?

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