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Title: A mess!
Review: I used a similar book 2 years ago and passed written exam with ease. Too bad I cannot find it because this book is a disaster. Lots of questions without explanations - like charts - answer key mistakes that conflict with their explanation, etc... The English expression section is not even in the same neighborhood as what the State Dept's own literature illustrates.There are other agency's in the government that have Foreign Service Officers, or their equivalent, with no test requirements, including Agriculture, USAID, Peace Corp, Commerce, etc... Also there are ways of converting from Civil Service to Foreign Service or coming on as a Specialist. These options are all worth looking into if this is where your interests are.
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