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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Atkins recommend instead of dams and roads?
(a) Interstate highways and rest stops
(b) A munitions plant and a dress factory
(c) A chicken farm and a water pump factory
(d) A brick factory and a canning plant

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

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

6. What type of home does he choose in Sarkhan?
(a) Quonset hut from the USA
(b) Small cottage with pressed earth floors
(c) Large mansion on the river
(d) Sturdy double-wide trailer

7. Why didn't Emma just order American brooms and hand them out?
(a) There is no Fed Ex office in the area
(b) She cannot afford it
(c) Homer tells her it is not important
(d) The villagers would not have accepted them

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

9. Who is Homer Atkins?
(a) An American construction engineer brought to VietNam to decide where dams and roads should be built
(b) Gilbert MacWhite's accountant
(c) Marie MacIntosh's father
(d) Joe Bing's brother in law

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

11. What does Knox decide to do?
(a) Start a new project with cattle
(b) Take his plans directly to the Congress of USA
(c) Forget the enitre operation
(d) Take his plans directly to the communists

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

13. 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

14. 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 300 peope, none valuable
(b) Over 500 people, all valuable
(c) Over 10 people, none valuable
(d) Over 300 people, only five valuable

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?

2. The authors say America will lose its freedom not in a nuclear cataclysm but how?

3. Who is the new Ambassador to Sarkhan?

4. Why does Asch think it is necessary that his delegation answers the questions firmly and quickly?

5. Who is Boning?

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