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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who interferes with Hillandale and causes this progress to be lost?
(a) Roger
(b) Joe Bing
(c) Donald
(d) George Swift
2. Who is Thomas Elmer Knox?
(a) An embassy official who is in charge of preparing for official USA visits
(b) The founder of Knox Farms
(c) An American poultry farmer who assisted Cambodian farmers by teaching them about their chickens
(d) A Cambodian native who is running for President
3. Who does Homer Atkins choose to partner with on the pump manufacturing?
(a) Henry Knox
(b) A local villager named Jeepo
(c) Gilbert MacWhite
(d) Joe Bing
4. What disturbs Knox about the Conference he is attending?
(a) There is insufficient American food available
(b) He cannot speak Cambodian
(c) There are no other Americans at the conference
(d) The proposals for further aid are for ambitious military plans
5. What happens to Knox's plan?
(a) After being provided with every conceivable luxury and fed lies about the conditions of Cambodia, he loses the sense of urgency.
(b) The plan is turned into a novel by William Faulkner
(c) He presents the plan to Congress and it is approved
(d) He presents the plan to the Communists and they erect a statue in his honor
6. In 1958, what percentage of the Foreign Service officer corps could speak a language other than English?
(a) 85
(b) 50%
(c) 100
(d) 10
7. Who is U Maung Swe?
(a) UN Secretary
(b) General in the Sarkhanese Army
(c) One of Father Finian's friends
(d) The best known journalist in Burma
8. What does U Maung Swe recommend to MacWhite?
(a) Obtain a chinese mistress
(b) Allow the communists to take over
(c) Resign from the foreign service
(d) Bring John Colvin back to Sarkahn
9. 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) Joe Bing
(c) Gilbert MacWhite
(d) The Prime Minister of Sarkhan
10. Who is Jonathon Brown?
(a) Gilbert MacWhite's assistant secretary
(b) American Senator
(c) Joe Bing's brother in law
(d) Marie MacIntosh's uncle
11. Who does Homer Atkins bring with him when he moves to Sarkhan?
(a) Louis Sears
(b) Jeepo
(c) His wife, Emma
(d) Joe Bing
12. What does Atkins decide to build?
(a) A multi-layered chicken coop
(b) A road that extends from one end of the country to the other
(c) A large house
(d) Man powered water pump
13. What was Asch's first clue that something was distracting Boning?
(a) Boning was missing from the conference
(b) Boning was drinking too much coffee at the conference
(c) Boning was dozing during the conference and answering the questions slowly
(d) Boning was taking his shoes off during the conference
14. Why does Asch think it is necessary that his delegation answers the questions firmly and quickly?
(a) To please the Soviets
(b) To save money
(c) To avoid an air of condescension
(d) To save time
15. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?
(a) GMAC
(b) The Gates Foundation
(c) The Ford Foundation
(d) Union Carbide
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Finian's Station?
2. When Hillandale visits the capital city of Sarkhan, what sort of shop does he notice outnumbers all the others?
3. What example of "tinsel" does U Maung Swe offer?
4. Who is Homer Atkins?
5. Why is he called ugly?
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