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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, "The Bent Backs of Chang 'Dong".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of home does he choose in Sarkhan?
(a) Small cottage with pressed earth floors
(b) Quonset hut from the USA
(c) Sturdy double-wide trailer
(d) Large mansion on the river

2. Who interferes with Hillandale and causes this progress to be lost?
(a) Donald
(b) George Swift
(c) Roger
(d) Joe Bing

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

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

5. Why do Soviet embassies employ only Soviets for service personnel?
(a) No one else will work for them because of their reputations
(b) The pay is too low for the natives
(c) So no aliens can serve as spies
(d) None of the natives can fit in the uniforms

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of Captain Boning's distraction?

2. What happened when Father Finian incorporates the Burmese food into his diet?

3. What was the name of the newspaper they created to confuse the communists and tell the truth to the Burmese people?

4. What does Sears think could increase morale at the embassy in Sarkhan?

5. What is Knox told when he proposes to bring in more roosters and chickens to Cambodia?

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