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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens with the sergeant at the end of August in Kuala Telang?
(a) he joins another Japanese unit
(b) he comes down with malaria
(c) he runs away
(d) he shoots himself in the head

2. What does Mrs. Driver remember about Joe Harman?
(a) he used to come to town often
(b) he used to work at Wollara
(c) he used to fly the mail plane
(d) he used to work at the ice cream parlor

3. Who remembers the poor boy Joe Harman who was in the hospital for 3-4 months?
(a) Wilson-Hays
(b) ex-nurse Phyllis Williams
(c) Dr. March
(d) Joyce Bowen

4. What does Yoniata promise the women after seeing their condition?
(a) new shoes
(b) a week's rest
(c) better food
(d) a truck

5. What does Strachan observe about Dr. Ferris?
(a) he is scarred from the war
(b) he is gruff and unwilling to talk
(c) he is fit, cheerful, and a bit macabre
(d) he is old and senile

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean classify her time during World War II?

2. Why does Mrs. Horsefall cede leadership of the group to Jean?

3. Because of his punishment, what does the religious Mrs. Frith decide about Joe Harman?

4. Besides the well, what has Jean caused to be built?

5. Where does Jean discover Joe Harman is?

(see the answer key)

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