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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What idea does Emma give him regarding the pump?
(a) To paint it red white and blue
(b) To abandon it in favor of a telephone system
(c) To power it using bicycles
(d) To name it after a famous Sarkhanese general

4. 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

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

6. How does Atkins surprise the committee?
(a) By announcing his plans to become communist
(b) By telling them the Communists have built a huge road in the jungle that runs the length of the country
(c) By falling asleep during the proceedings
(d) By demonstrating a long handled broom

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

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

9. What is Knox told when he proposes to bring in more roosters and chickens to Cambodia?
(a) We are turning your proposals over to a committee
(b) This is a great idea and you have our full support
(c) The money could be better spent on military plans
(d) The money could be better spent on cattle

10. 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

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

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

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

14. What do the authors say substitute training in selection of ambassadors for American embassies?
(a) Anglo-american names, corporate connections and social skills
(b) Language skills and a background in psychology
(c) Personal wealth, political loyalty and the ability to stay out of trouble
(d) Standing up for what is right and voicing an opinion

15. What event does Hillandale get invited to soon after arriving in Sarkhan?
(a) A going away party for Louis Sears
(b) A reception honoing Donald and Roger
(c) Dinner at the Phillipines Embassy
(d) Dinner at Marie MacIntosh's house

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does U Maung Swe suggest America send to foreign lands instead of clueless executives?

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

3. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?

4. How does the Vietnam ambassador prepare for the Senator's visit?

5. What is Finian's Station?

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