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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Knox's plan?
(a) The plan is turned into a novel by William Faulkner
(b) After being provided with every conceivable luxury and fed lies about the conditions of Cambodia, he loses the sense of urgency.
(c) He presents the plan to the Communists and they erect a statue in his honor
(d) He presents the plan to Congress and it is approved

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

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

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

10. Who do Wolchek, MacWhite and Monet have to answer to for their successful battle against the Communists?
(a) The King of Siam
(b) American Major General, two French Admirals and four French generals
(c) The Congress of the USA
(d) The Vietnamese general staff

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

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

13. 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 promised to take the suggestions under advisement
(c) They were shocked and decided to reprimand them for going against everything the men had been taught in the military
(d) They appluded the men and promoted them

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knox decide to do?

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

3. What does Emma decide is actually the problem?

4. What project does MacWhite give Atkins to work on?

5. What is the common problem of the village elderly?

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