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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emma do to introduce the longer handled brooms?
(a) She buys time on the local television station for an advertisement
(b) She hires a salesperson to peddle the new invention
(c) Finds a local reed that will work and uses it herself in front of the villagers
(d) She opens her own store

2. When the men finish reading the books, what does Monet say?
(a) The French methods of war are better
(b) Mao needs to see a counselor
(c) Mao is right and we have been wrong
(d) Let us begin a book club for the villagers

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

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

5. 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

6. What does Knox say to the headman of the village when he is asked why he left America to come to Cambodia?
(a) I am interested in becoming a communist
(b) I like people and chickens.
(c) I wanted to find a Cambodian wife
(d) I was asked to leave the country

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?
(a) Move to Burma
(b) Return to the United States
(c) Move to Sarkhan
(d) Leave the room

13. How does the Vietnam ambassador prepare for the Senator's visit?
(a) By erecting a statue to the Senator on embassy grounds
(b) By hiring a public relations person for the trip
(c) By repainting the embassy
(d) By engineering every facet of the visit to make the embassy look good

14. What Senate Committee does he chair?
(a) Judicial Review
(b) Ways and Means
(c) Armament & Manpower
(d) Foreign Affairs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does U Maung Swe recommend to MacWhite?

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

3. What does Atkins decide to build?

4. 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?

5. Who does Hillandale charm at the dinner and therefore make more progress in one night than the embassy has made in months?

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