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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is he called ugly?
(a) His appearance is not attractive
(b) His feet are unusually large
(c) It is his nickname from childhood
(d) His language is always peppered with obscenities

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

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

9. When MacWhite writes his letter to the Secretary of State, how many Americans does he say have been through the embassy and how many were valuable in the struggle against communism?
(a) Over 10 people, none valuable
(b) Over 500 people, all valuable
(c) Over 300 people, only five valuable
(d) Over 300 peope, none valuable

10. The authors say America should stop selling guns and money and sell what instead?
(a) Bananas
(b) Rice
(c) The dignity of freedom
(d) Books

11. Who does U Maung Swe suggest America send to foreign lands instead of clueless executives?
(a) Regular American people who speak the language and have skills to offer the people.
(b) Small children to work in the factories
(c) Young pretty girls to work in the embassies
(d) Older people with bent backs

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

13. When Emma asks the villagers what causes this problem, what is their answer?
(a) It is caused by the water from the well
(b) This is what happens when people get old
(c) It is caused by the altitude
(d) It is punishment for sins they have committed

14. The authors say America will lose its freedom not in a nuclear cataclysm but how?
(a) In a long protracted war with the Soviets
(b) Through global warming
(c) not with a bang but a whimper
(d) In a succession of bits and fragments

15. What is the real reason MacWhite is being replaced as an Ambassador?
(a) He told the truth about conditions in Asia and the truth was different from the official government line
(b) He became a Buddhist
(c) He announced he was defecting to the Soviet Union
(d) He angered the Sarkhanese government

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is U Maung Swe?

2. Who behaves incorrectly at the performance and causes the Asians consternation?

3. Who does Homer Atkins bring with him when he moves to Sarkhan?

4. Who is Thomas Elmer Knox?

5. Who does Homer Atkins choose to partner with on the pump manufacturing?

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