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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of home does he choose in Sarkhan?
(a) Large mansion on the river
(b) Sturdy double-wide trailer
(c) Small cottage with pressed earth floors
(d) Quonset hut from the USA

2. What does the Phillipine Ambassador ask Hillandale to do at the dinner?
(a) To serve the dessert
(b) To perform as a palmist and astrologer
(c) To act as an interpreter
(d) To make the welcoming speech

3. Who is the new Ambassador to Sarkhan?
(a) Homer Atkins
(b) Jeepo
(c) Marie MacIntosh
(d) Joe Bing

4. What does U Maung Swe recommend to MacWhite?
(a) Allow the communists to take over
(b) Obtain a chinese mistress
(c) Resign from the foreign service
(d) Bring John Colvin back to Sarkahn

5. What project does MacWhite give Atkins to work on?
(a) Discover who Donald and Roger are reporting to in the communist party
(b) Create a way for Sarkhanese people to get water from the hills
(c) Finding an assignment for John Colvin
(d) Building dams and roads in Sarkhan

6. What is his original intention with his planned trip to southeast Asia?
(a) To search out his family's origins
(b) To determine the truth of the American situation there
(c) To discover new recipes
(d) To find a new wife and new home

7. What was the reaction of Wolcheck and Monet's superiors to the details of the battle?
(a) They were given bonuses in their next paychecks
(b) They appluded the men and promoted them
(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

8. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?
(a) The Americans who are stationed in foreign lands are isolated, loud and ostentatious
(b) Americans are too poor to travel to Asia
(c) The Americans are too short
(d) Ther Americans do not pay the servants well

9. When Hillandale visits the capital city of Sarkhan, what sort of shop does he notice outnumbers all the others?
(a) Shops that sell guns and knives
(b) Palmistry and astrology establishments
(c) Perfume and silk shops
(d) Shoe and dress shops

10. Who is Thomas Elmer Knox?
(a) The founder of Knox Farms
(b) A Cambodian native who is running for President
(c) An embassy official who is in charge of preparing for official USA visits
(d) An American poultry farmer who assisted Cambodian farmers by teaching them about their chickens

11. 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

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

13. How long does the conference go well before there are problems?
(a) 2 weeks
(b) 2 days
(c) 4 hours
(d) 6 weeks

14. What does Emma decide is actually the problem?
(a) The villagers need to read more books
(b) People are using short handled brooms
(c) Someone is beating the elderly people
(d) It is a genetic defect in the villagers

15. What was the cause of Captain Boning's distraction?
(a) He was ill with dysentary
(b) He was spending every night with a Chinese woman and not sleeping
(c) He was in financial trouble
(d) He was watching television all night

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Homer Atkins?

2. Whose books do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite study?

3. What happens to Knox's plan?

4. When Emma asks the villagers what causes this problem, what is their answer?

5. How does Atkins surprise the committee?

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