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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jonathon Brown?
(a) Joe Bing's brother in law
(b) Marie MacIntosh's uncle
(c) American Senator
(d) Gilbert MacWhite's assistant secretary

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Bring only military style clothes, restrict travel within the country, and no fraternization with natives
(d) Better training as cooks, recruit blonde women only, and raise the salary of the Ambassador

9. 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) Education
(b) Commerce
(c) Justice
(d) Military

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

11. What is the State Department's reply to MacWhite's policy suggestions?
(a) The suggestions are welcomed and MacWhite is asked to accept the position of Secretary of State
(b) The suggestions are approved and put into practice within one year
(c) MacWhite is sent to Cambodia on a fact-finding mission
(d) None are acceptable, and he is being replaced as Ambassador to Sarkhan

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

13. Who behaves incorrectly at the performance and causes the Asians consternation?
(a) Donald
(b) Joe Bing
(c) Roger
(d) George Swift

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

15. Who is Boning?
(a) American Navy Captain assigned to the delegation
(b) A Sarkhanese mechanic
(c) John Colvin's partner
(d) An agricultural representative for the United States to Vietnam

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of home does he choose in Sarkhan?

3. Who is Thomas Elmer Knox?

4. The authors say the American embassies overseas are so busy trying to entertain visiting American VIP's that they resemble what?

5. Who is Homer Atkins?

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