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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Dr. Kennedy believe that Private Gurble deserved his death in the borehole?

Gurble had been having an affair with Steven, a hospital orderly.

Gurble had been stealing medical supplies from the hospital.

Gurble was an informer for the Japanese.

Gurble had been convicted of stealing rations meant for his unit.

2.

How does Marlowe save the King after Grey catches him with Major Barry’s lighter?

Marlowe says he sold it to the King.

Marlowe says that it is really his lighter and he is just letting the King borrow it.

Marlowe says that he lost it to the King in a poker game.

Marlowe says he gave it to the King as a gift.

3.

Why does Captain Forsyth get angry at the King and threaten to investigate him?

The King is dressed in a clean uniform and looks healthy while all the other prisoners are dressed in rags and look ill.

Someone has told Forsyth that the King steals from other prisoners.

The King fails to salute Forsyth when they first meet.

The King breaks regulations by trying to sell Forsyth a pack of cigarettes.

4.

What adjective best describes how the King feels when he first sees that Marlowe has gotten a radio in the village?

Furious.

Scared.

Amazed.

Ecstatic.

5.

How does Colonel Smedly-Taylor punish Marlowe for going into the jail?

He confines Marlowe to his hut so that he will miss that night’s show.

He orders him never to see the King again.

He gives Marlowe extra duty.

He fines Marlowe a month’s pay

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