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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the King actually get from the Korean guard?
(a) $1900.
(b) $1400.
(c) $2200.
(d) $1000.

2. What does the King ask Timsen?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To cut in on the ring profits to find some quinine for Tex.
(c) To get some antitoxin and sulfonamide powder.
(d) To find the ring.

3. What does Kennedy tell Marlowe?
(a) He has to amputate above the elbow that day or it will be too late.
(b) He can only wait a few more days before amutating.
(c) He can not longer operate as the arm is too far gone.
(d) The arm looks as though it is getting better on its own.

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

5. Why are the King and his cohorts having a hard time making more cages?
(a) They don't have any more underground tunnels to put the cages in.
(b) They are all weak from malaria.
(c) Wire is in short supply.
(d) They are being watched so carefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grey find on the King when he catches him?

2. About what is Ewart furious?

3. Who runs interference for King and Marlowe as they try to escape with the money?

4. To whom does Marlowe send coconuts?

5. Where does Townsend get the ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marlowe manage to obtain a radio and what is the King's reaction?

2. How do Marlowe and the King go outside to wire, and where do they go?

3. Who gets a letter from home and how does it seem many POWs feel about letters?

4. Describe the pursuit and escape of Marlowe with the money.

5. Describe Tiny Timsen.

6. How does Lt. Grey compromise his honor and what is his reaction after doing so?

7. How do Marlowe and the King reestablish their friendship after the King blows up at Marlowe about the radio?

8. What happens when Lt. Grey stumbles from illness and what is the result?

9. Why does Sean refuse to go on stage and what changes his mind?

10. Describe the negotiations for the diamond.

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