The Ugly American Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

William J. Lederer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Ugly American Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

William J. Lederer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 replaces Ambassador Sears in Sarkhan?
(a) Joe Bing
(b) Gilbert MacWhite
(c) Mrs. Sears
(d) Marie MacIntosh

2. Who is Father Finian?
(a) A Buddhist priest who lives next door to Homer Atkins
(b) The priest who runs the boys club in Sarkhan
(c) Louis Sears' father in law
(d) A priest who is transferred to Burma by the Vatican

3. What is the one word description of Marie MacIntosh used by the author?
(a) Brilliant
(b) Exciting
(c) Drab
(d) Intelligent

4. What does Sears think could increase morale at the embassy in Sarkhan?
(a) People who can speak Sarkhanese
(b) More pretty girls
(c) People who have studied communism
(d) People who don't drink

5. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?
(a) To enrich their 401K
(b) To fight communism from spreading all over the world
(c) To get out of the USA
(d) To avoid paying taxes

Short Answer Questions

1. What was their answer?

2. Why does he have this nickname?

3. What happens to Colvin in this chapter?

4. Why does Gilbert MacWhite speak freely about confidential matters around Roger and Donald?

5. What does Joe Rivers think of Joe Bing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the newspaper they began?

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

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

4. Why does his method work?

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

6. Why was MacWhite so shaken by Li Pang's behavior?

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

8. What impact do you believe Donald and Roger have had on America's standing in Southeast Asia?

9. Why does Sears think he is doing everything himself?

10. What is the difference between Upton's speech and the one given by Joe Bing?

(see the answer keys)

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