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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How successful is Emma's introduction of the long handled broom?
(a) It is a complete failure and she loses her investment
(b) Four years later she receives a letter saying none of the elderly have bent backs
(c) A new type of broom is named after her
(d) The villagers buy her a vacuum cleaner

2. What other branch of the government is stationed in foregin lands and also lacks the ability to communicate in the language of the people that surround them?
(a) Justice
(b) Commerce
(c) Education
(d) Military

3. What was the reaction of Wolcheck and Monet's superiors to the details of the battle?
(a) They appluded the men and promoted them
(b) They were given bonuses in their next paychecks
(c) They promised to take the suggestions under advisement
(d) They were shocked and decided to reprimand them for going against everything the men had been taught in the military

4. What event does Hillandale get invited to soon after arriving in Sarkhan?
(a) A reception honoing Donald and Roger
(b) A going away party for Louis Sears
(c) Dinner at the Phillipines Embassy
(d) Dinner at Marie MacIntosh's house

5. Who does Homer Atkins choose to partner with on the pump manufacturing?
(a) A local villager named Jeepo
(b) Henry Knox
(c) Joe Bing
(d) Gilbert MacWhite

6. What is the common problem of the village elderly?
(a) They cannot speak English
(b) Backs are curved and they walk bent over
(c) Their teeth have fallen out
(d) They are grossly overweight

7. Who do Wolchek, MacWhite and Monet have to answer to for their successful battle against the Communists?
(a) The King of Siam
(b) American Major General, two French Admirals and four French generals
(c) The Vietnamese general staff
(d) The Congress of the USA

8. Why didn't Emma just order American brooms and hand them out?
(a) She cannot afford it
(b) The villagers would not have accepted them
(c) There is no Fed Ex office in the area
(d) Homer tells her it is not important

9. Who does Hillandale charm at the dinner and therefore make more progress in one night than the embassy has made in months?
(a) Joe Bing
(b) Mao Tse-Tung
(c) Gilbert MacWhite
(d) The Prime Minister of Sarkhan

10. Whose books do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite study?
(a) Chiang Kai-Shek
(b) Mao Tse-tung
(c) Robert Ludlum
(d) James Michener

11. Why does Asch think it is necessary that his delegation answers the questions firmly and quickly?
(a) To save money
(b) To avoid an air of condescension
(c) To please the Soviets
(d) To save time

12. Who interferes with Hillandale and causes this progress to be lost?
(a) Roger
(b) Joe Bing
(c) George Swift
(d) Donald

13. What idea does Emma give him regarding the pump?
(a) To paint it red white and blue
(b) To name it after a famous Sarkhanese general
(c) To abandon it in favor of a telephone system
(d) To power it using bicycles

14. What is Finian's Station?
(a) A non-denominational college for Sarkhanese students attending on a four year scholarship
(b) The name of the volunteer fire station in Homer Atkins' village
(c) A cozy cafe near the embassy in Sarkhan
(d) The second most popular television channel in Sarkhan

15. What example of "tinsel" does U Maung Swe offer?
(a) Promises to Burma of a mobile floating dredge which turned out to be a rusting old stationery dredge which even the Americans could not get to work
(b) Items used to decorate Christmas Trees in the Sarkhanese homes
(c) News coverage of the Miss Sarkhan Pageant
(d) Rotten produce flown in from San Francisco

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is U Maung Swe?

2. What does Atkins recommend instead of dams and roads?

3. What was Senator Brown's conclusion after his tiring trip?

4. What happens to Knox's plan?

5. Senator Brown wanted to talk to real soldiers and natives. Who did he talk to?

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