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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. What does Sean refuse to do at first?
(a) Go on stage.
(b) Dress up as a woman.
(c) End his show when the guards arrive.
(d) Sing.

2. When does the King say he will pay Timsen?
(a) In a week.
(b) After Marlowe shows signs of getting better.
(c) When Marlowe is well enough to lead him to the money.
(d) That night since Grey is watching things right now.

3. What day is it at the opening to Chapter 6?
(a) May Day.
(b) The first day of Spring.
(c) V-E day.
(d) Memorial day.

4. What does Jones order Blakely to do?
(a) Nothing; Jones will handle it.
(b) Claim innocence and accuse Grey of demanding bribes.
(c) Go into hiding in the camp.
(d) Run outside the wire.

5. Where does Townsend get the ring?
(a) From Gurble on the day Gurble commits suicide.
(b) It was a gift he bought before being captured.
(c) From a dead soldier on the march to Changi.
(d) It is a family heirloom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Yoshima's staff search to find the new radio?

2. Why does the King trip?

3. What does McCoy say to Larkin about Prouty?

4. Where does the King summon Marlowe, Larkin and McCoy?

5. About what is Samson envious concerning Marlowe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Marlowe's visit with McCoy in the infirmary.

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

3. Describe the "birthday party" of the elite who are invited to a barbecue.

4. Describe the negotiations between Timsen and the King for medical help for Marlowe.

5. Why are King and Marlowe in the King's tent at the opening of Chapter 19 and what happens?

6. With what does Larkin surprise Marlowe and why does he do so?

7. Why will the airfield detail have an agreeable aspect to it?

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

9. Describe Tiny Timsen.

10. Who does the King invite to start up a rat breeding operation and what is the plan?

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