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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What puzzles Strachan about Jean Paget?
(a) why she returned to england
(b) why she is not married
(c) why she never tried to find her uncle
(d) why her skin is so dark

2. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?
(a) speaking Malay
(b) charades
(c) an English/Japanese dictionary
(d) hand signals

3. What happens to Ben Collard, one of the boys?
(a) he is sent to the men's prison camp
(b) he is conscripted into the army
(c) he is shot by the Japanese
(d) he dies of an injury

4. What chore does Jean take on on the way to Bakri?
(a) keeping a count of the group
(b) carrying Eileen's baby
(c) leading the group
(d) translating for the Japanese

5. What angers Capt. Sugamo at Kuantan?
(a) he does not know what to do with women prisoners
(b) five of his black leghorn chickens are missing
(c) the trucks arrive way past schedule
(d) some of his sake has gone missing

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs with baby Robin after the other Holland children all die?

2. After landing her job in 1939, how long does Jean work?

3. What does Jean know from her own experience in the Malay jungles?

4. What do the villagers at Temerloh give what is left of the group?

5. What item do Jean and bill buy that proves to be very useful for the next few years?

(see the answer key)

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