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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. Who is Father Finian?

2. Who is Marie MacIntosh

3. What is the first step that the friends decide to take?

4. Who is Homer Atkins?

5. Who proposed a solution to the problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the story that U Muang Swe tells about the Martins so important?

2. Describe Sears' attitude towards the Sarkhanese people.

3. Why does Krupitzn like Sears so much?

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

5. Do you think Anderson purposely sabotaged the conference?

6. Why do the authors stres the importance of the upper level Embassy staff being fluent in the native language?

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

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

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

10. Why is Louis Sears called Lucky Lou by his associates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were MacWhite's acknowledged mistakes in Sarkhan? List them, and describe how he could have prevented them.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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