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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. Why did Perkins write this book?
(a) MAIN allowed him to.
(b) Words have power.
(c) He needed a pay check.
(d) Out of guilt.

2. When Perkins read his resume, whom did he discover as his last two clients?
(a) U.S. Department of Treasury and Panama.
(b) Exxon and Shell.
(c) Google and Yahoo.
(d) U.S. Department of Treasury and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

3. What was the Summer Institute of Linguistics?
(a) A language camp.
(b) A university program.
(c) A group which helped convince natives to give their land to oil companies.
(d) A camp to teach english to the natives.

4. What did Perkins realize he was doing at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) Aiding physical destruction abroad.
(b) Helping underdeveloped countries.
(c) Aiding economic destruction in the United States.
(d) Working for a morally sound company.

5. What did the employees of MAIN think sweatshops would do?
(a) Provide bad working conditions.
(b) Destroy people's lives.
(c) Help make poor people money.
(d) Create a system of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Perkins' finally supply to Prince W. that led him to vote on Perkins' deal?

2. What did Panama receive at the end of Chapter 17?

3. What happened to Doc as punishment for dishonoring society?

4. Who is Yamin?

5. What caused Venezuela's budget to quadruple?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would happen to the United States if it was asked to pay back its debts?

2. What was Doc's opinion of the Flowering Desert Project?

3. What role did Perkins play in MAIN continuing to receive jobs from Venezuela in Chapter 17?

4. Describe Perkins' interaction with Doc. Who is Doc?

5. What was the purpose of the Dream Change Coalition?

6. Describe Perkin's interaction with Yamin.

7. Describe the relevance of the Harken Energy Corporation.

8. Describe the United States' invasion of Panama.

9. What was significant about Perkins not being a trained economist?

10. Describe the riots led by Ayatollah Khomeini.

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