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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Frith's suggestion for the group?
(a) that they seduce their Japanese guards
(b) that they demand a truck to carry them
(c) that they find a village and settle there
(d) that they go on a hunger strike

2. Because of his punishment, what does the religious Mrs. Frith decide about Joe Harman?
(a) that he was another Moses
(b) that he must have sinned
(c) that he was sent by God
(d) that he is a second Christ

3. What is the somewhat odd thing Jean wants to do first with her money?
(a) visit Alice Springs, Australia
(b) return to Malaya and dig a well
(c) buy her own cottage
(d) go shopping in Paris

4. How many Japanese guards are assigned to the women and children?
(a) only one
(b) four
(c) two
(d) three

5. Why is it easy for Jean to get a job in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) her father has great connections
(b) she has a master's degree
(c) she is very attractive
(d) there are few English girls who can speak Malay

6. Why is the Japanese sergeant disgraced?
(a) because he was asleep on duty
(b) because he abused the women prisoners
(c) because he tried to cover up the theft of the chickens
(d) because he allowed Harman to steal the chickens

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

8. Why does Mrs. Horsefall cede leadership of the group to Jean?
(a) she comes down with malaria
(b) she loses her mind
(c) she breaks her arm
(d) she cannot speak Malay

9. What does Jean begin wearing?
(a) some military pants
(b) a sarong
(c) a grass skirt
(d) Bermuda shorts

10. Who brings a doctor to examine the group?
(a) Col. Nagasaki
(b) Maj. Nemu
(c) Gen. Hiromoto
(d) Capt. Yoniata

11. How does Jean Paget think about Harman had they met under other circumstances?
(a) that things might have been different between them
(b) that they would never have talked to one another
(c) that they probably would not like one another
(d) that his memory would keep her from ever marrying

12. What happens to Ellen Forbes?
(a) she gets pregnant
(b) she disappears
(c) she marries a Japanese soldier
(d) she comes down with malaria

13. Who gives them homemade medicine for the dengue fever?
(a) the Japanese
(b) the headman in Mentri
(c) Mrs. Frith
(d) the Red Cross

14. With her principle invested, how much will Jean receive annually?
(a) £1,550 after taxes
(b) £900 after taxes
(c) £4000 after taxes
(d) £100 after taxes

15. Why does Douglas Macfadden want his legacy set up as a trust for his surviving relative?
(a) he thinks only lawyers should handle his fortune
(b) he believes women cannot handle money
(c) he does not want to give all at once what he accumulated over a long time
(d) he is not sure where she is

Short Answer Questions

1. Beyond the annual trust funds, what is Strachan authorized to do for Jean?

2. How are they told they must get to Singapore?

3. What do the women find when they reach the highway at Maran?

4. What is the length of Jean's funds being held in trust?

5. What does Eileen Holland declare is God's will?

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