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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jean describe as a fair-haired, powerfully built man speaking slowly with a drawl?
(a) Sgt. Marion York
(b) Pvt. Jack Hammand
(c) Cpl. Ben Leggett
(d) Sgt. Joe Harman

2. What is the somewhat odd thing Jean wants to do first with her money?
(a) return to Malaya and dig a well
(b) visit Alice Springs, Australia
(c) buy her own cottage
(d) go shopping in Paris

3. What does Jean buy at Ayer Penchis?
(a) potato chips
(b) mangoes
(c) dried squid
(d) beef jerky

4. What is Pack and Levy Ltd.?
(a) a law firm
(b) an import-export company
(c) a shipping compnay
(d) a shoe and handbag manufacturer in London

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens to Ellen Forbes?
(a) she gets pregnant
(b) she marries a Japanese soldier
(c) she disappears
(d) she comes down with malaria

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

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

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

14. What does Jean assure Mat Amin bin Taib the women no longer need?
(a) rice and fish soup
(b) soap and water
(c) the luxuries of white mems
(d) the Japanese guard

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the women's next stop after Harman's crucifixion?

2. What helps clear up some of their skin diseases?

3. Where does Strachan take Jean at the conclusion of their first visit?

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

5. What happens when the Japanese near Kuala Lumpur?

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