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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jean ask Harman if he can get for them?
(a) some fresh water and fruit
(b) a ride on one of the Japanese trucks
(c) Glauber's salts, quinine, and something for skin rashes
(d) good rice and a place to sleep

3. What do the other ladies in the group do to follow Jean's example?
(a) put on sarongs
(b) walk barefoot
(c) start wearing pants
(d) cover their heads with rags

4. How does Jean classify her time during World War II?
(a) as a housemaid for a Japanese general
(b) as a tutor for Japanese children
(c) as carefree in Hong Kong
(d) as a sort of prisoner of war

5. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?
(a) speaking Malay
(b) hand signals
(c) an English/Japanese dictionary
(d) charades

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Warner provide for the children?

2. What does Yoniata promise the women after seeing their condition?

3. What does Mrs. Frith say about Kuantan?

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

5. What is the somewhat odd thing Jean wants to do first with her money?

(see the answer key)

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