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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the Japanese agree to let the women stay and work in the fields?
(a) it will produce more rice for them
(b) it will give them time to find a truck
(c) it will teach them a lesson about obedience
(d) it will make it easier to guard them

3. What gives Jean the idea of making shoes?
(a) watching Australians going barefoot
(b) her own personal shoe fetish
(c) her past experience working at Pack and Levy
(d) seeing how expensive shoes are in Australia

4. What doe the soldiers do in Kuala Panong?
(a) remove the children from their parents
(b) shoot the men
(c) confiscate jewelry
(d) lock the women and children in a cellar

5. What does Jean buy at Ayer Penchis?
(a) dried squid
(b) mangoes
(c) beef jerky
(d) potato chips

Short Answer Questions

1. How had the women been carrying Ben collard?

2. What is amusing in the idea that he cannot believe she has survived three weeks in Willstown?

3. What do the other ladies in the group do to follow Jean's example?

4. Why can the headman simply allow the women to stay on in his village without informing the Japanese?

5. What does Jean learn from 18-year-old Rose Sawyer?

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