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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. What is significant about the honor Avrakotos gets from the agency's African-American employees?
2. How does the story begin to leak into the public?
3. Why does Pakistani General Yasouf move to block the plan?
4. How does Avrakotos receive the ideas?
5. What does Vaughn propose regarding the Air Force?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens by September of 1986?
2. Why does the CIA begin to worry about the mujahideen?
3. What does the enormous budget for Afghanistan do for Avrakotos?
4. What truce is decided upon in Geneva?
5. Why does Vickers worry about his plan? How is he surprised?
6. What happens in the summer of 1988 that affects Wilson?
7. How does 1985 become the key in the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan?
8. With what does Vaughn Forest approach Wilson?
9. What takes place in 1984 in Wilson's life?
10. How does Avrakotos realize that Wilson does not have monetary interest in the deal in Egyt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
AID is formed so the United States holds no connection with huge stockpiles of weapons, confiscated during previous wars.
Part 1) What is AID? How does this organization work?
Part 2) Is this organization deceptive? Why or why not?
Part 3) How might the United States citizens have felt about AID? Why would they feel this way?
Essay Topic 2
Avrakotos hires Mike Vickers.
Part 1) Who is Mike Vickers? Why does Avrakotos hire him?
Part 2) How do both Avrakotos and Wilson benefit from Vickers?
Part 3) How influential is Vickers in the decisions Avrakotos and Wilson make?
Part 4) How might their decisions have been different if Vickers had never been hired? How would this have affected American and other abroad?
Essay Topic 3
Wilson frequently gets himself into trouble.
Part 1) Describe his personality. How do his actions reflect his personality?
Part 2) How do his actions affect both his private and public life? Why does he continue these types of behaviors?
Part 3) How does his personality affect decisions he makes regarding the conflict between the Soviets and the Afghans? How do his actions affect us today?
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