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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jean write to Mr. Strachan about her plans?
(a) she is taking a ship to Sydney
(b) she is flying to Darwin
(c) she is headed for New Zealand
(d) she is contacting the Australian Embassy

2. After walking to several places and finding no ship, what do the women decide to do?
(a) head for Thailand
(b) refuse to walk further
(c) walk to Singapore
(d) return to Kuala Lumpur

3. What occurs with baby Robin after the other Holland children all die?
(a) he gets a fever but survives
(b) he returns to Eileen
(c) he prefers to stay with Jean
(d) he starts to walk

4. Why do townspeople hope that Jean will put in a shoe manufacturing business?
(a) to put their town on the map
(b) to have something to brag about
(c) to keep their daughters from running away to the city
(d) to encourage other businesses to come to the area

5. Why is there such a turnover of ringers in the Willstown area?
(a) the wages are low and there are no shops
(b) the managers are all too hard to work for
(c) men do not stay because the girls all leave to the city
(d) the weather is hot and there is no rainfall

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strachan notice and cannot help but look at?

2. How does Harman get the supplies Jean asks for?

3. What does Jean ask Harman if he can get for them?

4. What does Strachan research about Jean's ancestors?

5. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?

(see the answer key)

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