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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to four children at Bahau?
(a) they are taken by the Japanese
(b) they run away
(c) they are caught stealing food
(d) they die of a fever

2. What angers Capt. Sugamo at Kuantan?
(a) the trucks arrive way past schedule
(b) he does not know what to do with women prisoners
(c) some of his sake has gone missing
(d) five of his black leghorn chickens are missing

3. Why is the Japanese sergeant disgraced?
(a) because he tried to cover up the theft of the chickens
(b) because he allowed Harman to steal the chickens
(c) because he was asleep on duty
(d) because he abused the women prisoners

4. After walking to several places and finding no ship, what do the women decide to do?
(a) refuse to walk further
(b) walk to Singapore
(c) head for Thailand
(d) return to Kuala Lumpur

5. Because of his punishment, what does the religious Mrs. Frith decide about Joe Harman?
(a) that he was sent by God
(b) that he must have sinned
(c) that he is a second Christ
(d) that he was another Moses

6. How long does Jean say the women stayed in Kuala Telang?
(a) another two years
(b) six or seven months
(c) eighteen months
(d) three wasted years

7. Why does Jean miss the evacuation to Singapore?
(a) the ship to Singapore never arrives
(b) she does not get the message
(c) the car breaks down on the way
(d) the Japanese arrive earlier than expected

8. What is the length of Jean's funds being held in trust?
(a) until she is 28
(b) until she is 35
(c) until she marries
(d) until she is 40

9. How does Harman get the supplies Jean asks for?
(a) saying the supplies are for the Japanese
(b) trading some Japanese petrol from the trucks
(c) trading his wristwatch
(d) stealing from a shop keeper

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

11. Who is Mat Amin bin Taib?
(a) a Malay provencial governor
(b) an escaped prisoner who has seen their husbands
(c) a Japanese interpreter
(d) the headman at Kuala Telang

12. What does Jean learn from Strachan?
(a) she has inherited a homestead in Scotland
(b) she has inherited £53,000
(c) she has inherited a plantation in Malaya
(d) she has inherited £1,550

13. What does Dr. Ferris say relieved a bit of the grimness of Camp 206?
(a) the gentle rain in the area
(b) the fresh water from a natural spring
(c) the beauty of Three Pagodas Pass
(d) the entertainments brought in

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

15. Why is it now easier for Jean to arrange food and shelter at the village?
(a) the group is much smaller
(b) the people speak English
(c) there is no headman
(d) the villagers think they are Japanese

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?

2. For what do they conclude Joe Harman had given them reason to hope?

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

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

5. How many Japanese guards are assigned to the women and children?

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