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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Now, after her inheritance, why does Jean want to return to Kuala Telang?
(a) to remind herself of her past hard life
(b) to do something for the women in the village
(c) to find out where Harman is buried
(d) to see if anything has changed since the war

2. 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 dies of an injury
(d) he is shot by the Japanese

3. In what does Strachan attempt educate Jean?
(a) nursing
(b) education
(c) accounting
(d) the arts

4. Why does the lawyer Strachan not remember Douglas Macfadden at first?
(a) he never travels again to Scotland
(b) he thinks the old man has hired another firm
(c) he has been in ill health for many years
(d) he loses touch with clients after his wife dies

5. What doe the Japanese soldiers do to help the group?
(a) stop every two miles to rest
(b) steal a truck
(c) carry the children
(d) give them extra food

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essence of Capt. Yoniata's lecture to the prisoners?

2. What does Mrs. Frith say about Kuantan?

3. What is the unusual situation of the women when the sergeant dies?

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

5. Who shows up to berate the sergeant for not marching farther?

(see the answer key)

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