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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. What does Colvin say when Sears says he will have him transferred back to the USA?
(a) "I don't have enough money"
(b) "Will you come with me?"
(c) "I won't go"
(d) "When is the next flight?"

2. How did Krupitzyn begin his career in foreign service for the Soviet Union?
(a) cook at McDonalds in Elgin, Illinois
(b) taxi driver in Chicago
(c) As a chauffeur in New York
(d) law office clerk in Boise Idaho

3. Why was there a famine in South Sarkhan?
(a) Severe typhoons destroyed the crops
(b) Rice weevils
(c) The Americans stole the crops
(d) Seeds were blown away by tornadoes

4. What is Sears' complaint about Father Finian?
(a) Father Finian is too old
(b) The local papers are upset with his behavior
(c) His clothes are out of style
(d) Father Finian does not speak English

5. How does she get to work?
(a) Rides the bus
(b) Walks
(c) Chauffer driven car
(d) Takes the Metro

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the placards say about foreign service?

2. What is a Sarkhanese?

3. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?

4. How does Deong plan to cause Colvin to fail?

5. What do Wolcheck, Monet and MacWhite decide to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does his method work?

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

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

5. Why do the men's superiors dislike the new ways so much?

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

7. Why was George Swift's actions so damaging?

8. Why was it so important to Father Finian that the Burmese men choose the direction of the team?

9. Is Sears telling Peterson there are no Communists in Sarkhan?

10. Why is Homer Atkins' way so different from the way of the American and native governments?

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