The CIA had an opening for an assassin.  After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were three finalists--two men and one woman.  For the final test, a CIA agent took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.  “We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances,” the agent explained.  “Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair.  Kill her!”

“You can’t be serious,” the man said.  “I could never shoot my wife.”

“You are not the right man for this job,” the agent said.  “Take your wife and go home.”

The second man was given the same instructions.  He took the gun and went into the room.  All was quiet for about five minutes.  The man came out with tears in his eyes.  “I tried, but I can’t kill my wife.”

“You don’t have what it takes,” the agent said.  “Take your wife and go home.”

Finally, it was the woman’s turn.  She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband.  She took the gun and went into the room.  Shots were heard, one after another.  Then the agent heard screaming, crashing, and banging on the walls.

After a few minutes, all was quiet.  The door opened slowly and there stood the woman, wiping sweat from her brow.  “This gun is loaded with blanks,” she said.  “I had to kill him with the chair.”