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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Frith say about Kuantan?
(a) it is cold and harsh
(b) it is isolated and barren
(c) it is healthier and the people friendlier
(d) it is too hot for English women

2. What do the women find when they reach the highway at Maran?
(a) more women walking to Kuantan
(b) an American prisoner working on a truck
(c) a convoy of Japanese soldiers
(d) two white men working under a Japanese truck

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

4. What is the feeling at the time the Japanese first arrive in Malaya?
(a) they are safe because the Japanese only want the coast
(b) they are safe because the government complies
(c) they are safe because of the surrounding mountains
(d) they are safe because the British troops are in Kuala Lumpur

5. For what do they conclude Joe Harman had given them reason to hope?
(a) that their one guard would leave them alone
(b) that they would not be punished for stealing
(c) that they will again see homes and husbands
(d) that they might find other kind people

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jean hardly remember her late uncle?

2. Who exits the large Customs launch Jean hopes will take her to singapore?

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

4. What happens with the sergeant at the end of August in Kuala Telang?

5. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?

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