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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. When did Indonesia gain independence?

2. What percent of electric load growth did MAIN project?

3. In Chapter 6, where did Perkins discover he could not work?

4. Who was killed at the end of Chapter 7?

5. Whose report did Perkins doctor in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did MAIN try to bring Indonesia away from communism?

2. What was the purpose of the New Deal's policies? What was the significance?

3. What did President Torrijos want to build, and who did he want to finance the project?

4. Why did Perkins travel to Panama?

5. How did Indonesia become a communist country?

6. Describe Perkins thoughts about Jakarta.

7. Why did it make sense to Perkins that businesses funded colleges?

8. What is corporatocracy?

9. Describe Perkin's experience with the puppet master.

10. What did the people who lived in the slums of Panama think of America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of The United Fruit Company in Central America? Discuss how The United Fruit Company influenced Central American politics as well as politics in the United States. What strategies did The United Fruit Company use to manipulate politics?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what you believe the term "economic hit man" means. What does the term mean to Perkins? How are economic hit men a lethal force? Cite examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a title of a chapter in Perkins' book and discuss its significance to that particular chapter and the rest of the book. Use examples from the book in order to support its relevance.

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