View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. By Asahan, how many of the women have died?
(a) four
(b) six
(c) two
(d) nine

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

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

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

7. What does Yoniata promise the women after seeing their condition?
(a) new shoes
(b) better food
(c) a week's rest
(d) a truck

8. What occurs with baby Robin after the other Holland children all die?
(a) he returns to Eileen
(b) he prefers to stay with Jean
(c) he gets a fever but survives
(d) he starts to walk

9. What does Strachan observe about Dr. Ferris?
(a) he is old and senile
(b) he is fit, cheerful, and a bit macabre
(c) he is gruff and unwilling to talk
(d) he is scarred from the war

10. What puzzles Strachan about Jean Paget?
(a) why she is not married
(b) why her skin is so dark
(c) why she never tried to find her uncle
(d) why she returned to england

11. What does Jean know from her own experience in the Malay jungles?
(a) the lack of medicine
(b) the symptoms of cholera
(c) the conditions of men prisoners
(d) the incompetence of military doctors

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

13. Up to this point in her life, what is it Jean doubts she will ever do?
(a) marry, attend university, or travel
(b) see the Queen
(c) shop at Harrod's
(d) buy a small house

14. What happens with the sergeant at the end of August in Kuala Telang?
(a) he comes down with malaria
(b) he shoots himself in the head
(c) he runs away
(d) he joins another Japanese unit

15. What do they find when they reach Maran?
(a) an abandoned village
(b) a mango orchard
(c) banana trees
(d) a tarmac road

Short Answer Questions

1. Seeing the suntanned Jean with a baby on her hip, what does Harman think she is?

2. What happens to Harman after he steals the chickens?

3. What does Jean learn from Strachan?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 580 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample