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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Horsefall cede leadership of the group to Jean?
(a) she loses her mind
(b) she comes down with malaria
(c) she cannot speak Malay
(d) she breaks her arm

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

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

5. What happens to Ben Collard, one of the boys?
(a) he is conscripted into the army
(b) he is shot by the Japanese
(c) he dies of an injury
(d) he is sent to the men's prison camp

6. What meal are they served for breakfast the first morning?
(a) Spam and moldy bread
(b) plain rice
(c) canned sardines and peas
(d) thin fish soup and dirty rice

7. How are they told they must get to Singapore?
(a) on foot
(b) by train
(c) by trucks
(d) by plane

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

9. What chore does Jean take on on the way to Bakri?
(a) carrying Eileen's baby
(b) translating for the Japanese
(c) leading the group
(d) keeping a count of the group

10. What do the other ladies in the group do to follow Jean's example?
(a) cover their heads with rags
(b) start wearing pants
(c) walk barefoot
(d) put on sarongs

11. In what does Strachan attempt educate Jean?
(a) the arts
(b) nursing
(c) education
(d) accounting

12. What is the feeling at the time the Japanese first arrive in Malaya?
(a) they are safe because the British troops are in Kuala Lumpur
(b) they are safe because of the surrounding mountains
(c) they are safe because the Japanese only want the coast
(d) they are safe because the government complies

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

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

15. For what do they conclude Joe Harman had given them reason to hope?
(a) that they might find other kind people
(b) that their one guard would leave them alone
(c) that they will again see homes and husbands
(d) that they would not be punished for stealing

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Strachan certify Donald's death?

2. Initially who in their group takes charge of the English women and children?

3. What does Jean learn from Strachan?

4. How does Jean Paget think about Harman had they met under other circumstances?

5. Why does the lawyer Strachan not remember Douglas Macfadden at first?

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