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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why doesn’t Timsen want to complete the deal for the diamond the day after Shagata gives the King the money?

He thinks it is too soon, and that Lt. Grey will catch them if they don’t wait.

He doesn’t want the money on him while he makes arrangements to get the drugs Marlowe needs.

The diamond has been stolen and he no longer knows where it is.

He wants more money than he originally agreed to.

2.

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

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

Marlowe says he sold it to the King.

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

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

3.

What reason best describes why Marlowe refuses to become partners with the King after he tells him the process for making raw tobacco less harsh and taste better?

He wants to be paid for the information in cash.

He is holding out for a larger percentage of the profits.

The process he shows the King doesn’t really work.

His upbringing won't allow him to go into business.

4.

Why do the Japanese cut the food rations to the camp?

The war is going badly and they don’t have as much food as they used to.

So that the Japanese officers can sell what they hold back on the black market.

As punishment after they find Dave Daven’s radio.

They believe that the prisoners have it too easy.

5.

How does Peter Marlowe injure his arm?

A tree stump falls on it during a work detail.

He scratches it while going through the wire and it becomes infected.

He is stabbed during a fight.

He is wounded playing “two-up” with the King.

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