Quiz 3.

Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 14-17.

MULTIPLE CHOICE/FILL IN THE BLANK

1. Journalist Donald G. McNeil Jr. flew to Somalia on a drug-packed airplane from Nairobi, capital of (a) Kenya (b) Ethiopia (c) Sudan (d) Uganda.

2. Khat, the drug used extensively in Somalia, is picked at night and rushed to waiting planes to (a) avoid detection by police (b) avoid detection by rival drug gangs (c) ensure that it does not deteriorate before sale (d) keep it out of the sight of children.

3. The commanders of violent gangs in Somalia are known as (a) sheriffs (b) landlords (c) warlords (d) honchos.

4. Somalia is so fractured that the shaky government controls less than half of the capital city and (a) mountainous areas (b) a few small cities (c) some strips of land along the coast (d) half the farmland.

5. Sales of Somalia's major exports, beef and camel meat, were stopped 15 months ago because (a) shipping had been destroyed (b) of concerns about disease (c) exporters could not afford packing fees (d) foreign buyers feared going to Somalia.

6. The U.S. believes Somalia may become a hiding place for terrorists, including Al Qaeda leader --.

7. The U.S. sent troops to Somalia in 1992 as part of a United Nations effort to -- distribute to Somalis.

8. Most people in Somalia live on less than $ -- a day.

9. The customary dose of khat costs about -- times the daily income of the average Somali.

10. The current government of Somalia was formed in August --, after five months of negotiations in the neighboring country of Djibouti.

ANSWERS

1. (a) Kenya. 2. (c) ensure that it does not deteriorate before sale. 3. (c) warlords. 4. (c) some strips of land along the coast. 5. (b) concerns about disease (Rift Valley fever). 6. Osama bin Laden. 7. food. 8. $1. 9. four. 10. 2000.