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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. How does Marie spend her evenings now?
(a) Working at a local cafe for extra money
(b) Watching tv
(c) Going to parties or giving parties
(d) Writing letters home

2. How does Upton describe Joe Bing to the audience?
(a) A professional liar
(b) An expert at meeting natives face to face as equals
(c) Totally unqualified for the job but the only person we could find
(d) An overweight, ignorant slob

3. Why is Ruth Hyoti disappointed with her treatment in Hawaii?
(a) She is forced to wait for hours in an uncomfortable room before she can clear Immigrations
(b) She is not greeted with a flower necklace
(c) She is not met by the President of the USA
(d) She is imprisoned immediately

4. How does Marie MacIntosh travel to her new destination?
(a) Ship, then train
(b) Walks
(c) Train
(d) Airplane, via first class ticket

5. What does Ruth Jyoti think of Joe Bing?
(a) He is a celebrity in America
(b) He is a professional foreign service officer
(c) He is a good and decent man
(d) his is an inconsiderate bastard who knows nothing of Asian ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marie assigned when she is accepted into the foreign service?

2. What statement did the Ambassador give to the editors?

3. Why does she have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the government cafeteria every day?

4. What is Sears' overall assessment of his situation in Sarkhan?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Burma refuse foreign aid from America?

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

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

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

6. How did the Cambodians and the French buy Henry Knox?

7. What could Sears have done to handle this crisis in a better way?

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

9. Why were the people reviewing the applications concerned about Homer Atkins?

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

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