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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?
(a) charades
(b) hand signals
(c) speaking Malay
(d) an English/Japanese dictionary

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

4. What is the essence of Capt. Yoniata's lecture to the prisoners?
(a) how Japan will conquer the world
(b) obeying orders and doing good things
(c) they should all learn Japanese language
(d) they will be executed at dawn

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the unusual situation of the women when the sergeant dies?
(a) they are afraid because there is no protection
(b) they must decide where to go next on their own
(c) they are prisoners without a guard
(d) they can escape but do not know where to go

11. How does Strachan certify Donald's death?
(a) from the doctor at Camp 206 at the time of Donald's death
(b) newspaper clippings from the time
(c) an affidavit from friends who knew him
(d) records in the war office

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

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

14. What does Jean learn at an early age that is very helpful to her during the war?
(a) to give first aid
(b) to speak Malay
(c) to speak Japanese
(d) to survive off the land

15. What helps clear up some of their skin diseases?
(a) the salt water and fresh fish
(b) soap and salt water
(c) juice they make from tree bark
(d) rest and shade under the trees

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After landing her job in 1939, how long does Jean work?

3. What happens to four children at Bahau?

4. What do the women find when they reach the highway at Maran?

5. What do they encounter as they walk through the swamps?

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