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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jean learn at an early age that is very helpful to her during the war?
(a) to survive off the land
(b) to speak Japanese
(c) to speak Malay
(d) to give first aid

3. What is Jean's impression of Alice Springs?
(a) it is very modern
(b) it is in the back of beyond
(c) it is not like Joe remembered
(d) it is strangely English

4. Why can the headman simply allow the women to stay on in his village without informing the Japanese?
(a) they will conscript him into the army
(b) they will make him kill the women
(c) they will punish him
(d) they will kill the entire village

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives them homemade medicine for the dengue fever?

2. What does Strachan observe about Dr. Ferris?

3. Who does Jean describe as a fair-haired, powerfully built man speaking slowly with a drawl?

4. In what does Strachan attempt educate Jean?

5. What item do Jean and bill buy that proves to be very useful for the next few years?

(see the answer key)

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