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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jean begin wearing?
(a) a sarong
(b) Bermuda shorts
(c) some military pants
(d) a grass skirt

3. How many Japanese guards are assigned to the women and children?
(a) three
(b) only one
(c) four
(d) two

4. Why does Douglas Macfadden want his legacy set up as a trust for his surviving relative?
(a) he believes women cannot handle money
(b) he thinks only lawyers should handle his fortune
(c) he does not want to give all at once what he accumulated over a long time
(d) he is not sure where she is

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

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

7. What does Eileen Holland declare is God's will?
(a) the poor quality of their food
(b) the news that her husband has been shot
(c) the death of her daughter, Jane
(d) the long miles of walking

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

9. Why does Jean hardly remember her late uncle?
(a) she only saw him once when she was a girl
(b) her family was the black sheep
(c) she knew him only from photographs
(d) no one knew where Macfadden was

10. Why do the Japanese agree to let the women stay and work in the fields?
(a) it will produce more rice for them
(b) it will give them time to find a truck
(c) it will teach them a lesson about obedience
(d) it will make it easier to guard them

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

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

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

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

15. What happens when the Japanese near Kuala Lumpur?
(a) the British army increases its size
(b) the women and children are evacuated
(c) a peace delegation is sent to the Japanese
(d) the women and children are hidden underground

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up to berate the sergeant for not marching farther?

2. What puzzles Strachan about Jean Paget?

3. What does Jean Paget present to Strachan when she arrives in his office?

4. Why is the Japanese sergeant disgraced?

5. What does Mrs. Frith say about Kuantan?

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