#9 - Local, Could Be True

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If O is assigned to Venezuela, then, from the third rule, K cannot be assigned to Yemen:

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At this point, Yemen is somewhat restricted: O, K, and L cannot be assigned to Yemen, so J or N must be assigned to Yemen. Take a moment to explore both options:

• If J is assigned to Yemen, then from the second rule K must be assigned to an ambassadorship, in this case to Zambia. This results in a O-J-K scenario.
  
  If N is assigned to Yemen, then from the first rule K is eliminated, and, from the contrapositive of the second rule J is eliminated. Thus, only L remains to be assigned to Zambia. This results in a O-N-L scenario.

Accordingly, answer choice (E) could be true and is correct.

Alternatively, you could approach the answer choices in the fashion of a List question:

Answer choices (A) and (B) are both incorrect because they both violate the second rule.

Answer choice (C) is incorrect because it contains neither J nor N.

Answer choice (D) is incorrect because it violates the first rule.

Answer choice (E) is the correct answer.