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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 happens to Daven and Cox?
2. Who does the King speak to across the compound?
3. For what do the Korean guards search?
4. To what does the King invite Marlowe?
5. Who is Lt. Grey summoning?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lt. Grey.
2. Describe the raid on Hut 16 and how Daven reacts.
3. What is the status of Eve at the opening of Chapter 11?
4. Why does Marlowe run for his water bottle?
5. Who is the Provost Marshal and what is he doing at the opening of Chapter 1.
6. Describe The King.
7. Describe Flt. Lt. Peter Marlowe.
8. Describe the visit between the King and Sgt. Masters.
9. What are Max, Tex and Marlowe doing at the opening of Chapter 9 and why?
10. What does Vexley teach and how does it help the rat business?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Right from the very beginning, it is obvious that some men will survive their experience in the camp and some will not. Discuss one of the following:
1. Describe the physical/emotional/spiritual/psychological characteristics of the men who survive and do so quite well in the camp. Who are some of those men? Describe each one briefly.
2. Describe the physical/emotional/spiritual/psychological characteristics of the men who do not survive or fare poorly in the camp. Who are some of those men? Describe each one briefly.
3. Analyze your own personality and discuss whether you think you would be a survivor or not. Choose several situations and discuss how you would have managed them.
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
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?
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