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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the King panic at Marlowe's request?
(a) King has had a fight with the enlisted man in question.
(b) King is afraid of catching something in the infirmary.
(c) The lighter he has is not on his inventory.
(d) King does not believe in God.

2. What does Marlowe ask of King?
(a) To help the doctor.
(b) To befriend another enlisted man.
(c) A light for his cigarette.
(d) To help the chaplain.

3. What does Kurt bring in at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) A different breed of rats that may not carry the plague.
(b) A female rat he has captured.
(c) A Korean soldier who wants in on the rat business.
(d) A new prisoner who worked with rats in a medical lab.

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

5. What does Timsen not guarantee?
(a) If he can find some quinine.
(b) If the doctor will agree.
(c) If he can find the ring.
(d) If the treatment will be effective.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do other prisoners feel about the King?

2. Why have the rat breeders installed a trap door to the "kennels"?

3. Why does Larkin punish Pvt. Gurble?

4. What is the doctor's consolation to Marlowe if he has to amputate?

5. Who gets a letter from his wife?

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