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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "What Would You Do If You Were President?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example of "tinsel" does U Maung Swe offer?
(a) Promises to Burma of a mobile floating dredge which turned out to be a rusting old stationery dredge which even the Americans could not get to work
(b) Items used to decorate Christmas Trees in the Sarkhanese homes
(c) News coverage of the Miss Sarkhan Pageant
(d) Rotten produce flown in from San Francisco

2. What is Sears' overall assessment of his situation in Sarkhan?
(a) We are all becoming communists
(b) We're in good shape here.
(c) We are beloved friends of the Sarkhanese
(d) We are in the weeds

3. Who is Magsaysay?
(a) One of Father Finian's friends
(b) A Filipino politician who is running for President
(c) An intelligence officer in the Sarkhan embassy
(d) Hillandale's assistant

4. Why did the Ambassador resent this move?
(a) He believed it would endanger his chances of a judgeship in the USA
(b) He wanted to solve the problem on his own
(c) He wanted the rumor to persist
(d) He was jealous he had not thought of it first

5. Why does he have this nickname?
(a) He middle name is Ragtime
(b) He wears clothes made of rags
(c) He is very young
(d) The Filipino musicians have affectionately named him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?

2. How many acres of land were involved in this incident?

3. What was the rumor that upset the Sarkhanese people?

4. Who does U Maung Swe suggest America send to foreign lands instead of clueless executives?

5. What statement did the Ambassador give to the editors?

(see the answer key)

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