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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. Who is Dexter Peterson?
(a) French Ambassador to Sarkhan
(b) Gilbert MacWhite's brother
(c) Servant in the Sarkhan embassy
(d) State Department supervisor of Louis Sears

2. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?
(a) By teaching them to raise cattle
(b) By lending them money
(c) By arranging mortgages for them
(d) By selling them rice

3. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?
(a) Commands all embassy staff to take lessons in Sarkhaneses
(b) Issues a new policy of no drinking at the embassy
(c) Declares Father Finian and John Colvins as good examples of how Americans should behave in Sarkhan
(d) Refuses protection for Father Finian and recommends the Sarkhanese refuse a visa for John Colvin

4. What are the only expenses of the people assigned to foreign service?
(a) food, liquor, clothes and servants
(b) liquor, housing and all travel
(c) housing, transportation and food
(d) clothing, lliquor and bribes

5. What is Sears' overall assessment of his situation in Sarkhan?
(a) We are beloved friends of the Sarkhanese
(b) We are all becoming communists
(c) We are in the weeds
(d) We're in good shape here.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of the main people Ambassador Krupitzyn went to see when he arrived in Sarkhan?

2. Why is this not good evidence?

3. What was the solution proposed?

4. Who is Kruptizyn more concerned about than the American Ambassador?

5. What famous general did Krupitzyn work with in China?

Short Essay Questions

1. In your opinion, were the Nine Friends effective in their mission?

2. What is symbolic about Emma speaking English to the Sarkhanese woman when she first describes a long handled broom?

3. In what way is Ambassador Gray's plans diminishing the plans of Senator Brown?

4. Why does Sears want Joe Bing?

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

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

7. What is it about Hillandale that attracts Asians to him?

8. Why is Marie MacIntosh perfect for recruitment?

9. What are the major differences in how Marie spends her evenings now that she is in Sarkhan

10. What were some of the factors that convinced the Sarkhanese that the rice did indeed come from the Soviet Union and not America?

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