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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After landing her job in 1939, how long does Jean work?
(a) two years
(b) six months
(c) one year
(d) 18 months

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

3. What does Jean assure Mat Amin bin Taib the women no longer need?
(a) the Japanese guard
(b) rice and fish soup
(c) soap and water
(d) the luxuries of white mems

4. What does Jean know from her own experience in the Malay jungles?
(a) the lack of medicine
(b) the incompetence of military doctors
(c) the symptoms of cholera
(d) the conditions of men prisoners

5. Where is the women's next stop after Harman's crucifixion?
(a) a prison camp for men only
(b) a banana plantation near the coast
(c) an abandoned shed near a rice paddy
(d) Besarah, a beautiful fishing village

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the prisoners being held by the Japanese?

2. Who is in the photograph Jean finds and shows to the dying sergeant?

3. Who exits the large Customs launch Jean hopes will take her to singapore?

4. What do they find when they reach Maran?

5. After walking to several places and finding no ship, what do the women decide to do?

(see the answer key)

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