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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John Colvin want to help the Sarkhan people?

2. What evidence does Sears present that he is doing a good job in Sarkhan?

3. Why was there a famine in South Sarkhan?

4. Why is Ruth Hyoti disappointed with her treatment in Hawaii?

5. How did Sears cover his mistake about the mis-labeled rice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the time the book was written, was Communism a real threat to the world?

3. Why is Krupitzyn so concerned about Father Finian?

4. Describe the report Finian makes to his supervisors after the months of being with his friends in Burma.

5. Is Asch's assessment of his team accurate? What did he miss?

6. What was the impact of Sears' behavior?

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

8. Is Homer Atikins ugly?

9. Why is this rumor so damaging to America?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a detailed description of the motives and purpose of two of these people, and their impact on the country they lived in: Emma Atkins, Marie MacIntosh, John Colvin, Joe Bing

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail what you believe the authors meant when they said "We believe that a nuclear cataclysm is unlikely, but that our free life well may be lost in a succession of bits and fragments."

Essay Topic 3

Why was Mao Tse-Tung's battlefield tactics so effective? How did studying these tactics turn out for Wolchek, Monet and MacWhite? How did it hurt them?

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