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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlowe recall as they are fumigating the bed?
(a) His wife.
(b) Why he was captured.
(c) His young son and daughter.
(d) The first prison Marlowe was in.

2. Why does Marlowe get the King in trouble in the first place?
(a) A love of danger.
(b) To irritate Lt. Grey.
(c) To see what sort of man the King is.
(d) He does not like the man.

3. Who does the King summon into his hut?
(a) A laundry woman.
(b) The man speaking with the native.
(c) A prison guard.
(d) The camp stoolie.

4. What does King offer Marlowe to join his payroll?
(a) $20 a week.
(b) One good meal a day.
(c) $50 a week.
(d) A geisha at his beck and call.

5. Why can't Marlowe sleep the night after the King talks with him about going outside the wire?
(a) He is too hot.
(b) He is afraid to go outside the wire.
(c) He is planning on how to take over the King's operations.
(d) He keeps thinking about the voyage from Java.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two potential problems in raising the rats?

2. How do Marlowe and Ewart fumigate the bed?

3. What does Marlowe offer the King after eating King's eggs?

4. By what are King and Marlowe shaken?

5. How long is the first litter's gestation?

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