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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 Smedly-Taylor offer Grey to appease him about the weights?
(a) A quart of rice.
(b) A pound of extra rations.
(c) A pass to the village.
(d) A recommendation for a permanent commission after the war.

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

3. Why does Larkin make a batch of blachang?
(a) He wants to impress Marlowe.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is happy McCoy is getting better.
(d) The King asks him to do so.

4. Who gets a letter from his wife?
(a) Larkin.
(b) McCoy.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Timsen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Timsen not guarantee?

2. How much do delivery, nurse and equipment cost to take care of Marlowe?

3. How much does the King actually get from the Korean guard?

4. Who leads Marlowe and the King to the village?

5. What does Marlowe bargain out of Sutra?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why isn't Marlowe successful in going after the money and how is he care for with the medicines Timsen gets?

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

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

5. What happens when the King offers Marlowe $108 dollars as Marlowe's take in the transaction with Prouty's watch?

6. Describe Tiny Timsen.

7. How do Marlowe, Larkin and Smedly-Taylor decide to pass on the news to the camp after getting the radio working and what is the result?

8. Describe the scene where Marlowe acts as a go-between.

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

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

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