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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Steven complain?
(a) The way his clothes are scratching him.
(b) The King's priviledges.
(c) Overwork.
(d) The smells in the infirmary.

2. What does Grey see the King do?
(a) Sell a watch illegally.
(b) Hand off the diamond to a Korean guard.
(c) Meet the Korean guard Turasan.
(d) Buy some smuggled goods.

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

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

5. Who may sit on the lone throne?
(a) Any Major and above.
(b) Only officers.
(c) Only Generals.
(d) Only Colonels.

6. What is Vexley's favorite topic in biology class?
(a) Rats.
(b) Protozoa.
(c) Primates.
(d) Whales.

7. In what language are the man and native speaking?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Indonesian.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Malay.

8. What is a worse place than the Changi camp?
(a) The Utram Road jail.
(b) The Ultra fortress.
(c) The Ginseng dungeons.
(d) No place.

9. What does the doctor rule as cause of death on Gurble?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Suicide.

10. How long does it take to construct a radio?
(a) Five months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A few days.
(d) They don't have the parts to construct a radio.

11. About what is the King thinking when he spies a man talking with a native?
(a) Selling the item for Major Barry.
(b) Doing K.P.
(c) A diamond deal.
(d) Asking Col. Brant for a transfer.

12. What is Maj. Barry asking King to sell?
(a) Two packs of cigarettes.
(b) A Ronson cigarette lighter.
(c) A pair of scissors.
(d) A switchblade.

13. What are two potential problems in raising the rats?
(a) Snakes and stealing.
(b) Snakes and flooding of the cages.
(c) Discovery and snakes.
(d) Cannibalism and fighting.

14. Why have the rat breeders installed a trap door to the "kennels"?
(a) They decide not to install a trap door as it would be too apparent something was going on.
(b) To keep the rats from digging out.
(c) To keep the curious out.
(d) To trap anyone trying to steal a rat couple.

15. How does Marlowe learn that the King has a temper?
(a) When Lt. Grey comes in to try to sniff out the diamond.
(b) When Capt. Brady turns in an enlisted man for a minor infraction.
(c) When Col. Brant asks the King for extra quinine.
(d) When the King gets angry at Max for a racist comment Max makes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the King invite Marlowe?

2. What POW camp is Marlowe in before coming to Changi?

3. What secret does the King leak to the Australians?

4. What does Grey tell Larkin?

5. Of what does Grey say he has heard rumors?

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