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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the King promise if Marlowe will go bury the money in the jungle?
(a) To give Marlowe half of the profits.
(b) To help him meet up with Sulina again.
(c) To give him some of his bodyguards if needed.
(d) To save Marlowe's arm.

2. What has Grey learned from his spy about the diamond?
(a) It is more valuable than first thought.
(b) It is a fake.
(c) It is about to change hands soon.
(d) It has been stolen by a Korean guard.

3. About what does the King caution Marlowe?
(a) To bow to Torusumi.
(b) To make the guards understand even is Marlowe has to translate some things loosely.
(c) To translate to and from Malay very precisely.
(d) To not shake hands with Torusumi.

4. What does Marlowe wish?
(a) That the Allies would get there.
(b) That he had taken the $108 dollar commission.
(c) That the King would leave Marlowe alone.
(d) That life could be simple again and he could talk to God without shame.

5. About what does Torusumi talk?
(a) That the Japanese plan to kill all the prisoners before the Japanese withdraw.
(b) That if he cannot get the diamond, he will turn them in.
(c) Home life and Koreans' hatred of the Japanese overlords.
(d) That his wife would love the diamond.

6. What does Hawkins' dog do?
(a) Attack Yoshima.
(b) Attacks a huge lizard and dies.
(c) Kills some rats for the soldiers for food.
(d) Kills and eats one of Foster's hens.

7. Where does Marlowe go in the morning?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To talk to Col. Smedly-Taylor.
(c) On a liaison with Sulina.
(d) Outside the wire.

8. What shocks Marlowe about Samson?
(a) That he is on the King's payroll.
(b) That he likes Steven.
(c) That he is friends with Lt. Grey.
(d) That he is willing to break the rules.

9. For whom are Marlowe and the King waiting at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Shagata
(b) Col. Brant.
(c) Col. Kennedy.
(d) Sutra.

10. About what is Samson envious concerning Marlowe?
(a) That Marlowe has gone outside the wire several times.
(b) That Marlowe has a gorgeous wife.
(c) That Marlowe has three laying hens.
(d) That Marlowe is close to the King.

11. What does Grey find on the King when he catches him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A watch.
(c) A couple dollars.
(d) A pipe.

12. What does the King do with the ring?
(a) Gives it to Lt. Grey as a bribe.
(b) Swallows it.
(c) Throws it as far as possible into the jungle.
(d) Hands it over to the Korean guards.

13. About what is Ewart furious?
(a) Not knowing his family's fate.
(b) That McCoy tells a secret Ewart trusted him with.
(c) That Lt. Grey spills Ewart's rations.
(d) That Marlowe pretends he doesn't know Ewart.

14. Of what could Marlowe eventually die?
(a) Septimia.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Toxemia.

15. Who is meeting in the shadows with Prouty?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Grey.
(c) Samson.
(d) The King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the King slap Marlowe?

2. Who gets a letter from his wife?

3. What is the show called that Sean is about to premiere?

4. How much does the King take as his commission?

5. How much does the King give Prouty?

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