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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who shows up to berate the sergeant for not marching farther?
(a) Gen. Hiromoto
(b) Col. Nagasaki
(c) Capt. Yoniata
(d) Maj. Ichikawa

6. How had the women been carrying Ben collard?
(a) in a small wagon
(b) on a litter
(c) on their backs
(d) on a travois

7. Where was the legacy to go originally?
(a) to Jean Paget's mother
(b) to Jean Paget's older brother
(c) to Jean Paget's first cousin
(d) to Jean Paget herself

8. What prevents Jean from receiving the inheritance immediately?
(a) they must have legal proof of her birth
(b) they must have legal proof of her brother's death
(c) they must have legal proof of her immigration status
(d) they must have legal proof of her sanity

9. Who are the prisoners being held by the Japanese?
(a) two Canadians
(b) two Britains
(c) two Australians
(d) two Americans

10. Beyond the annual trust funds, what is Strachan authorized to do for Jean?
(a) he can release some of her principle
(b) he can adjust the amount for inflation
(c) he can reinvest her basic funds
(d) he can help her get bank loans

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

12. What was one of Donald's medical problems in the Camp 206 hospital?
(a) a strange virus the doctors had never heard of
(b) a bullet wound to the head
(c) a crushed right lig
(d) a huge, poisonous tropical ulcer on his leg

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What angers Capt. Sugamo at Kuantan?

2. What does Jean learn from Strachan?

3. What does Strachan observe about Dr. Ferris?

4. Why is the Japanese sergeant disgraced?

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

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