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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Strachan take Jean at the conclusion of their first visit?
(a) to the National Museum
(b) to a performance at the Paladium
(c) to dinner at his club
(d) to look for a new flat for her

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

3. How does Jean Paget think about Harman had they met under other circumstances?
(a) that they probably would not like one another
(b) that his memory would keep her from ever marrying
(c) that they would never have talked to one another
(d) that things might have been different between them

4. 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

5. How does Jean carry baby Robin Holland?
(a) in a papoose pouch
(b) on her shoulder
(c) on her hip like the Malay women
(d) on her back

6. Who exits the large Customs launch Jean hopes will take her to singapore?
(a) Japanese soldiers
(b) prisoners of war
(c) Japanese sympathizers
(d) her father

7. What do they encounter as they walk through the swamps?
(a) elephants, tigers, and wasps
(b) Japanese ambushes
(c) snakes, crocodiles, and mosquitoes
(d) places where the water is waist deep

8. What doe the Japanese soldiers do to help the group?
(a) stop every two miles to rest
(b) steal a truck
(c) carry the children
(d) give them extra food

9. With her principle invested, how much will Jean receive annually?
(a) £1,550 after taxes
(b) £4000 after taxes
(c) £900 after taxes
(d) £100 after taxes

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

11. What does Jean ask Harman if he can get for them?
(a) some fresh water and fruit
(b) good rice and a place to sleep
(c) Glauber's salts, quinine, and something for skin rashes
(d) a ride on one of the Japanese trucks

12. What doe the soldiers do in Kuala Panong?
(a) shoot the men
(b) remove the children from their parents
(c) confiscate jewelry
(d) lock the women and children in a cellar

13. What does Mrs. Warner provide for the children?
(a) school lessons on free days
(b) sweets made from cocount sugar
(c) a soccer ball made from palm leaves
(d) dolls and toys make from bamboo

14. Who is in the photograph Jean finds and shows to the dying sergeant?
(a) a woman and four children
(b) the Emperor of Japan
(c) children playing on a beach
(d) a beautiful Japanese woman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jean miss the evacuation to Singapore?

2. What do they find when they reach Maran?

3. What puzzles Strachan about Jean Paget?

4. What does Strachan observe about Dr. Ferris?

5. What prevents Jean from receiving the inheritance immediately?

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