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

2. Why does Sears say he dislikes Maggie Johnson?
(a) She agrees with the native press too much and brings newspapermen to his office
(b) She is sleeping with the servants
(c) She is too tall
(d) She is a communist spy

3. Why don't they jump?
(a) They are afraid of the upcoming battle
(b) The parachutes are missing
(c) MacWhite tells them they cannot go
(d) The battle has already been lost

4. Why is MacWhite upset by this knowledge?
(a) He has told Donald and Roger they can stay at the embassy forever
(b) MacWhite is afraid his wife is a communist spy as well
(c) Now the Communists know his plans to smash them in Sarkhan
(d) Now he needs to get new servants

5. Who informs Lous Sears about John Colvin's injuries?
(a) Jeepo
(b) John Colvin
(c) Margaret Colvin
(d) Margaret Johnson, his assistant

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have many Burmese become communists?

2. Why did the rumor persist?

3. How did Joe Bing treat Father Finian's request for ballpoint pens as rewards for distributing the newspapers?

4. What is Ruth Jyoti's main criticisms of Americans who live in Asia?

5. Why does MacWhite join up with Wolchek and Monet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the report Finian makes to his supervisors after the months of being with his friends in Burma.

2. Did MacWhite make any progress while in Sarkhan?

3. In your opinion, what kind of people should Sears be asking for, instead of pretty girls for the staff?

4. Why does his method work?

5. What is the iron of war, and how does it play a part in this chapter?

6. Why is Krupitzyn so concerned about Father Finian?

7. Is Homer Atikins ugly?

8. Who is the "everybody" that loves Joe Bing?

9. Why do you think the northern province decided to turn against the communists and vote for an American-leaning Presidential candidate?

10. What were some of the factors that convinced the Sarkhanese that the rice did indeed come from the Soviet Union and not America?

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