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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the King get Vexley talking about rat breeding?
(a) He cannot seem to get Vexley to talk about rats.
(b) By offering him a small percentage in the rat meat business.
(c) By giving Vexley a cigarette.
(d) By threatening to tell on Vesley for having extra rations.

2. What does Marlowe wonder about when he encounters Hawkins?
(a) Why Hawkins is all beat up.
(b) If Hawkins cries about his dog.
(c) If Hawkins plans any revenge.
(d) If Hawkins knows his dog was eaten.

3. Where does the King summon Marlowe, Larkin and McCoy?
(a) To Cell 54.
(b) To go outside the wire that night.
(c) To watch a new play by Steven.
(d) To lunch in his hut.

4. Where does the King want to set up a rat farm?
(a) In the officer's latrine area.
(b) In the slit trench under a hut.
(c) In the jungle outside the wire.
(d) In an excavation under the Korean solders's barracks.

5. Why does the King seal the door to the cellblock after those who invited are inside?
(a) To show the men where the radio is hidden.
(b) To show the men where he is digging an escape tunnel.
(c) So other POWs don't smell the cooking and riot.
(d) To keep out nosey guards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what do the officers depend heavily for survival?

3. What does Grey see the King do?

4. What does the King surmise about Cheng?

5. About what does the King caution Marlowe?

(see the answer key)

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