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"Biggles Delivers the Goods" by W.E.Johns

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Introduction:
"This is the final World War 2 full length "Biggles" adventure. It takes our hero and his squadron out to the far East."


1. In which earlier "Biggles" book had Biggles met the character whom he knew by the name of Li Chi?
    Biggles in the Orient
    Biggles Hunts Big Game
    Biggles in Borneo
    Biggles Flies Again


2. What has motivated Li Chi so strongly to join in the war effort against the Japanese?
    His business of smuggling was disrupted by the Japanese occupation.
    His brother had been tortured to death by the Japanese.
    His father had his head cut off by the Japanese.
    His wife had been killed by the Japanese.


3. How many miles will the aircraft have to fly to get the rubber back to India?
    eight hundred miles
    twelve hundred miles
    one thousand miles
    fifteen hundred miles


4. Why does Biggles send Algy back to India to get paint, brushes and nails?
    He intends to build an enormous raft to float everyone home.
    He plans to build a plank runway on the lake and camouflage it.
    He intends to get a team making packing cases.
    He intends to build Li Chi a huge mansion.


5. Which aeroplanes are the squadron going to use to do the bulk of the transporting of the rubber?
    Liberators.
    Wellingtons.
    Lancasters.
    Goslings.


6. What is the name of the man on Elephant Island who proves to be a traitor?
    Dayak
    Bamboo
    Pamboo
    Nayak


7. What important place lies fifty miles up the Pak Chan river?
    The headquarters of the Japanese admiral.
    The headquarters of an Australian paratroop squad
    The location of a secret aerodrome.
    The rubber plantation of Major Marling.


8. What was the chief recreation of Ayert, Li Chi's bosun?
    He liked watching films and reading film magazines.
    He liked to spend time carving precious jade ornaments.
    He liked spending his time fishing in the lake.
    He liked devising new tattoos to be inked on his body.


9. What was the name of Major Marling's son?
    Prince Lalla
    Prince Kalla
    Prince Jalla
    Prince Malla


10. What is the name of the launch that has been taken over by the Japanese?
    Sumatran
    Boya
    Lotus
    Proteus


11. What method were the Japanese intending to use to torture Major Marling into telling what he knew?
    They were going to brand him with a red-hot spear tip.
    They were going to tighten a piece of leather around his eyes.
    They were going to drip water on his head.
    They were going to stretch him between two bamboo trees.


12. Which three of the comrades accompany Li Chi on the raid on the Japanese ship at anchor?
    Biggles, Algy, Bertie
    Biggles, Algy, Ginger
    Biggles, Ginger, Bertie
    Algy, Ginger, Bertie


13. How did the Japanese succeed in taking Shansie by surprise for a second time?
    They attacked during the right.
    They crept up through the jungle.
    They used paratroops.
    They sent a submarine up the Pak Chan river.


14. What extra ingredient makes the attack that Biggles organises on Victoria Point all the more frightening for the Japanese?
    He arranges for all the coloured raiders to paint their faces white.
    He uses rockets to light up the night sky.
    He plans for them all to carry long-bladed knives.
    He intends to use the smoke from the burning rubber.


15. What did Major Marling's son decide to do at the end of the book?
    He took over the rubber running operation on Elephant Island.
    He returned to Shansie plantation to help his father.
    He went to India and joined the air force.
    He went to England to study to become a doctor.


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