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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the main requests MacWhite makes for a change of policy in foreign service personnel?
(a) Reduce pay for servants, limit the number of parties per week, and ride bicycles to work
(b) Learn the language of the country assigned to, commit to two years, no luxuries, no private autos, be well versed in communism ideology
(c) Better training as cooks, recruit blonde women only, and raise the salary of the Ambassador
(d) Bring only military style clothes, restrict travel within the country, and no fraternization with natives

2. What is Knox told when he proposes to bring in more roosters and chickens to Cambodia?
(a) We are turning your proposals over to a committee
(b) The money could be better spent on cattle
(c) This is a great idea and you have our full support
(d) The money could be better spent on military plans

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

4. What example of "tinsel" does U Maung Swe offer?
(a) News coverage of the Miss Sarkhan Pageant
(b) Items used to decorate Christmas Trees in the Sarkhanese homes
(c) Rotten produce flown in from San Francisco
(d) 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

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

6. In 1958, what percentage of the Foreign Service officer corps could speak a language other than English?
(a) 50%
(b) 100
(c) 85
(d) 10

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

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

9. Senator Brown wanted to talk to real soldiers and natives. Who did he talk to?
(a) Actors and actresses
(b) Embassy staff and their spouses
(c) Only people placed by the embassy
(d) Real soldiers and natives

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

11. When the first sales person returns with orders for the pump, how many does he have?
(a) 9
(b) 100
(c) Zero
(d) 8

12. What disturbs Knox about the Conference he is attending?
(a) There are no other Americans at the conference
(b) The proposals for further aid are for ambitious military plans
(c) He cannot speak Cambodian
(d) There is insufficient American food available

13. What was Senator Brown's conclusion after his tiring trip?
(a) Embassy procedures need a serious renovation
(b) Americans should not be allowed to travel to Southeast Asia
(c) The communists are making serious inroads into Southeast Asia
(d) Everything is just as the embassy says it is

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

15. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?
(a) The Gates Foundation
(b) Union Carbide
(c) The Ford Foundation
(d) GMAC

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?

2. Why didn't Emma just order American brooms and hand them out?

3. What does U Maung Swe say is the reason America has lost its prestige in Asia?

4. Who does U Maung Swe suggest America send to foreign lands instead of clueless executives?

5. What event does Hillandale get invited to soon after arriving in Sarkhan?

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