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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, "The Ugly American".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Major Monet's men preparing to do?
(a) Parachute jump into Dien Bien Phu to fight the communists
(b) Desert from their posts
(c) Evacuate Hanoi
(d) Organize a large event with food and entertainment

2. What does Atkins recommend instead of dams and roads?
(a) Interstate highways and rest stops
(b) A munitions plant and a dress factory
(c) A chicken farm and a water pump factory
(d) A brick factory and a canning plant

3. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?
(a) Word of mouth
(b) Newspaper ads with attractive photos
(c) Brightly colored placards posted around Washington D.C.
(d) Ads on CNN

4. Why does MacWhite join up with Wolchek and Monet?
(a) Because Louis Sears recommended it
(b) He is bored with his duties as being ambassador
(c) To get away from his wife in Sarkhan
(d) To learn why the communists are winning all over Asia

5. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?
(a) Leave the room
(b) Return to the United States
(c) Move to Sarkhan
(d) Move to Burma

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Atkins surprise the committee?

2. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?

3. What does Mr. Upton allude to as the reason people should be signing up to work in foreign service?

4. Who is Homer Atkins?

5. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

(see the answer key)

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