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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe Rivers think of Joe Bing?
(a) He is charming, knows everyone and a great success in Asia
(b) He is a womanizer
(c) He is not equipped to be a janitor in an embassy
(d) He is fat and stupid

2. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?
(a) By arranging mortgages for them
(b) By selling them rice
(c) By lending them money
(d) By teaching them to raise cattle

3. 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 Communists would not last long
(c) The economy would fail
(d) The Communists would win immediately

4. Who is Homer Atkins?
(a) General of the US Army in charge of Vietnam
(b) French Ambassador to Sarkhan
(c) Supervisor of Louis Sears
(d) A retired engineer who volunteers to go to Sarkhan

5. Who does Sears ask Peterson to assign to Sarkhan?
(a) Hilary Clinton
(b) Joe Bing
(c) Father Finian
(d) John Colvin

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

7. 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) That is how many ambassadors have served there in the past 3 years
(c) That is the number of months they expect to pass before the country becomes communist
(d) It is the number of cases of coca cola regularly sent to the embassy

8. What does Father Finian do when he arrives in Burma?
(a) Converts to Buddhism and shaves his head
(b) Asks the archbishop for permission to move into a larger house
(c) Asks his archbishop for provisions and permission to go into the jungle
(d) Finds a wife and settles down

9. 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 called the farmers on the telephone and explained
(d) He sent out 100,000 handbills to the Sarkhanese explaining the ruse

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

11. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?
(a) He produced 100,000 handbills with the information written on it
(b) A radio broadcast in Russian
(c) He arranged for the rice bags to be re-labeled as coming from Russia
(d) A spokesman from the Soviet Union discussed the rice on Sarkhanese television

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

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

14. Who informs Lous Sears about John Colvin's injuries?
(a) Margaret Johnson, his assistant
(b) Jeepo
(c) John Colvin
(d) Margaret Colvin

15. How does Upton describe Joe Bing to the audience?
(a) An overweight, ignorant slob
(b) Totally unqualified for the job but the only person we could find
(c) A professional liar
(d) An expert at meeting natives face to face as equals

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the newspaperman rejected as an applicant for foreign service?

2. What was the rumor that upset the Sarkhanese people?

3. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?

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

5. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #2?

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