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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. What question does Father Finian ask that surprises the Burmese men?

2. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

3. How does Deong plan to cause Colvin to fail?

4. How many native communists does Sears claim to have met?

5. If all the Americans were like Bob Maile, what does Ruth Jyoti say would happen in Asia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the newspaper they began?

2. Why was MacWhite so shaken by Li Pang's behavior?

3. Marie mentions very little about the actual country and its people when she writes to her friends. What does this signify?

4. What is the difference between Upton's speech and the one given by Joe Bing?

5. Is Homer Atikins ugly?

6. What is symbolic about Emma speaking English to the Sarkhanese woman when she first describes a long handled broom?

7. Why is Homer Atkins' way so different from the way of the American and native governments?

8. Why did Finian put U Tien through the tests?

9. Why does MacWhite ask this man, whose proposals have been summarily rejected by the Vietnamese officials, to move to Sarkhan?

10. Why is Krupitzyn so concerned about Father Finian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 21, MacWhite writes a letter to the Secretary of State and lists six suggestions for changes in the State Department procedures. Pick any two of the six and detail how this change would make a difference in how the USA is perceived by people in other countries.

Essay Topic 2

This book was written before President Kennedy created the Peace Corps. How does the story of the Martins, Bob Maile and the Atkins compare to the purposes of the Peace Corps?

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of these characters and describe the effect they had on the people of Sarkhan. Gilbert MacWhite, Father Finian, Marie MacIntosh, George Swift.

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