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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 is amusing in the idea that he cannot believe she has survived three weeks in Willstown?
(a) she had survived three years in Malaya
(b) she looks so frail without the tan and the sarong
(c) she appears to be a total city woman
(d) she had not been able to survive Kuantan

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

3. Initially who in their group takes charge of the English women and children?
(a) Mrs. Horsefall
(b) Jean Paget
(c) Esmé Harrison
(d) Eileen Holland

4. What does Strachan notice and cannot help but look at?
(a) Joe's dark brown eyes
(b) Joe's scarred hands
(c) Joe's thin physique
(d) Joe's round face

5. What do the women find when they reach the highway at Maran?
(a) two white men working under a Japanese truck
(b) more women walking to Kuantan
(c) an American prisoner working on a truck
(d) a convoy of Japanese soldiers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Curtis and stays with him until help comes?

2. What doe the soldiers do in Kuala Panong?

3. What does Strachan research about Jean's ancestors?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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