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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grey tell Larkin?
(a) That Grey wants to join the next group of "two up."
(b) That Grey is filing charges against Larkin.
(c) That Grey has arrested two of Larkin's men for gambling.
(d) That Grey is putting Larkin in for a commendation.

2. How does Lt. Grey think of his wife?
(a) As frigid.
(b) As the love of his life.
(c) As a rock in the storm.
(d) As oversexed.

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

4. What is Eve?
(a) The name Steven calls himself in his latest play.
(b) No one knows who Eve is; the word just appears on a hut wall one day.
(c) The code word for the breeding project.
(d) The first female rat they breed.

5. To what does the King invite Marlowe?
(a) A rat roast.
(b) To go outside the wire.
(c) A rich lunch.
(d) A planning session.

6. What does Marlowe offer the King after eating King's eggs?
(a) A machete.
(b) A free night out in town.
(c) Tobacco cured in the Javanese way.
(d) A Cuban cigar.

7. What does King want Marlowe to do?
(a) Negotiate with Grey about the diamond.
(b) Go with him outside the wire.
(c) Discipline two of the British airmen.
(d) Build a radio.

8. About what does Grey read?
(a) How the war fares.
(b) How to make clothing with hemp.
(c) How to make hooch with rice.
(d) God afflicting Job.

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

10. By what are King and Marlowe shaken?
(a) The close call with Grey.
(b) The epidemic of cholera.
(c) The epidemic of malaria.
(d) The fact that Col Brant is being released and a worse commandant will be assuming command.

11. Who is Lt. Grey summoning?
(a) The cook.
(b) The laundress.
(c) The King.
(d) The burser.

12. Who does the King speak to across the compound?
(a) No one.
(b) Captain Quigg.
(c) Major Johnson.
(d) Lt. Grey cannot ascertain.

13. How does the King help McCoy?
(a) Cures his ankle ulcers.
(b) Gets him the insulin he needs.
(c) Smuggles a letter out to his girlfriend.
(d) Takes him to visit a witch doctor outside the wire.

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 trap anyone trying to steal a rat couple.
(c) To keep the rats from digging out.
(d) To keep the curious out.

15. Why is Lt. Grey summoning the person?
(a) For a tongue lashing.
(b) To ask about supplies that are to arrive.
(c) For an inventory.
(d) To get maps of the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is essential to the rat project?

2. What does King offer Marlowe to join his payroll?

3. About how many litters per year can the Rattus norvegicus have per year?

4. Of what does Steven complain?

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

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