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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?
(a) Malay women gossiping
(b) only the stump of the tree
(c) the nail holes still visible
(d) a plaque in honor of Joe

2. Why is Helen Curtis hysterical on the radio?
(a) the flood has washed away the curtis barn
(b) her son has come down with a fever
(c) her husband's horse returned home without him
(d) lightning struck her house and burned it down

3. What does Mrs. Frith say about Kuantan?
(a) it is too hot for English women
(b) it is isolated and barren
(c) it is healthier and the people friendlier
(d) it is cold and harsh

4. Where are Jean and Harman finally reunited?
(a) at the airport in Cairns
(b) on the dock at Brisbane
(c) at the train station in Rockhampton
(d) at the construction site in Willstown

5. Who shows up at Strachan's office a week after Jean's letter arrives?
(a) a Chinese man, Bun Tai Lin
(b) a messenger from the Australian Embassy
(c) Joe Harman
(d) Jean

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other ladies in the group do to follow Jean's example?

2. What chore does Jean take on on the way to Bakri?

3. What does Jean ask Harman if he can get for them?

4. Who is Lily?

5. What does Dr. Ferris say relieved a bit of the grimness of Camp 206?

(see the answer key)

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