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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?
(a) She is a communist spy
(b) She is sleeping with the servants
(c) She is too tall
(d) She agrees with the native press too much and brings newspapermen to his office

2. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #2?
(a) A famous US Senator
(b) Soviet Union citizen and foreign service officer Louis Krupitzyn
(c) A servant in the American Embassy
(d) An Admiral in the US Navy

3. Who is Major Monet?
(a) An artist living in Sarkhan
(b) Best friend of Louis Sears
(c) The commander of the French Foreign Legion outside of Hanoi, Vietnam
(d) One of the embassy servants

4. Who is Ruth Jyoti?
(a) Ambassador of China
(b) Editor of an American newspaper in Sacramento
(c) A talk show host on Hanoi television
(d) Editor and Publisher of a prominent and independent Southeast Asian newspaper

5. How did Colvin meet Deong?
(a) When Colvin parachuted into Sarkhan during WWII
(b) In Hanoi at a shopping center
(c) In Milwaukee at college
(d) At a state dinner in San Francisco

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louis Sears call the citizens of Sarkhan?

2. Who is Joe Bing?

3. What is Sears' complaint about Father Finian?

4. How does she occupy her evenings?

5. How did Krupitzyn begin his career in foreign service for the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the shrine the shrine to Emma have short reeds placed in front of t?

2. Describe the relationship between Deong and Colvin.

3. Why does MacWhite decide not to take the advice of the Secretary of State and stop stirring things up in Sarkhan?

4. What key elements of the Sarkhanese people did Hillandale realize when reaching Sarkhan?

5. What is the iron of war, and how does it play a part in this chapter?

6. Why do the men study the literature of the enemy?

7. What was the impact of Sears' behavior?

8. How do you think the American editor felt after the meeting with Sears?

9. What is ironic about Senator Brown meeting Wolchek and Monet in Hanoi?

10. Describe Sears' attitude towards the Sarkhanese people.

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