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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is it easy for Jean to get a job in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) there are few English girls who can speak Malay
(b) she has a master's degree
(c) her father has great connections
(d) she is very attractive

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

5. What solution do the women come up with to allow them to stay in Kuala Telang?
(a) they will work in the rice paddies with the Malay women
(b) they will open a laundry for the Japanese
(c) they will marry village men
(d) they will hide whenever the Japanese come around

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

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

8. What do the women find when they reach the highway at Maran?
(a) an American prisoner working on a truck
(b) a convoy of Japanese soldiers
(c) more women walking to Kuantan
(d) two white men working under a Japanese truck

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean classify her time during World War II?

2. What happens with the sergeant at the end of August in Kuala Telang?

3. Who brings a doctor to examine the group?

4. Who gives them homemade medicine for the dengue fever?

5. How does Jean carry baby Robin Holland?

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