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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 many acres of land were involved in this incident?

2. What does Ruth Jyoti think of Joe Bing?

3. How does Marie spend her evenings now?

4. Who informed the Ambassador of this visit?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does his method work?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do you thnk the Archbishop in charge of Finian was uncomfortable with Finian's plans?

7. What are the major diffeences in how Marie lives?

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

9. Describe Louis Krupitzyn as he assumes his post in Sarkhan.

10. Why do you think the northern province decided to turn against the communists and vote for an American-leaning Presidential candidate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book was written before President Kennedy created the Peace Corps. How does the story of the Martins, Bob Maile and the Atkins compare to the purposes of the Peace Corps?

Essay Topic 2

Pretend you have just received an assignment from the State Department and you will be working in Laos for two years. What is your expectation today in the way of training and preparation from the State Department. How did will that differ from the training and preparation in the 1950s and 1960s, according to this book?

Essay Topic 3

Both Homer Atkins and Tom Knox propose small projects over large grandiose schemes. Why? Doesn't a country need roads and dams to make progress? What is more important to a villager in a third world country? List the basic needs that a person has on earth, i.e., food and shelter, and choose one. Write how the absence of that one basic need can change a person's outlook about what is important.

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