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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are two potential problems in raising the rats?
2. How long does it take to construct a radio?
3. What is Eve?
4. Why can't Marlowe sleep the night after the King talks with him about going outside the wire?
5. Who learns to cook the weed gratis?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Col. Kennedy's reactions to Steven.
2. What do the King, Marlowe and Max talk about concerning the rat project?
3. Describe The King.
4. What message does Grey get and how does he respond?
5. Describe Steven.
6. What are Lt. Grey's thoughts after being assigned new duties?
7. What are Max, Tex and Marlowe doing at the opening of Chapter 9 and why?
8. Who does Col. Brant reprimand and for what reason?
9. Describe Max.
10. What secret does the King leak to the Australians and how does Marlowe react to the news?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 4, the idea that a radio is essential to the good morale is introduced. Discuss the following:
1. Explain why you think the Japanese commander is continually searching for contraband radios. What should happen to a POW who is discovered to have "sold" the location of a camp radio to the Japanese?
2. Demonstrate using examples from the text how the radio contributes to the emotional/psychological well being of the men.
3. How does a radio play into the actual survival of the POWs at the end of the book?
Essay Topic 2
Lt. Grey accepts the principle of the lesser evil and that the ends justify the means. Discuss the following:
1. Define and discuss the phase "the ends justifies the means"?
2. What is the "ends" for the men in Changi? What is the means of obtaining that end? Is the means always good? Moral? Justified?
3. Can someone in such a situation as Changi choose to always take the "high road" and still survive? Do any of the characters do so? Discuss with examples.
Essay Topic 3
Often in an unusual situation, especially one as difficult as Changi, when the experience comes to a close, people respond in various ways--sometimes in ways that seem mysterious to the onlooker. Discuss the following:
1. Describe how the King, Marlowe, and Sean each respond to liberation and discuss why you think they do so. Does each response make sense to those who come to help the POWs? Does it make sense to you, the reader?
2. Choose three characters and discuss how you think the experience at Changi will impact their future behavior. Will the impact be mainly negative? Or will there be some positive outcomes? Do you think any of them suppress the memories of the experience? Why or why not.
3. It is obvious how such a situation as Changi can have a negative effect on those incarcerated there, but it is possible that there are positive outcomes also. Discuss some of the possible positive effects such an experience might have on a person.
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