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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does jean remember Joe Harman telling her?
(a) about Sydney
(b) about walkabouts
(c) about kangaroos
(d) about Alice Sprigs

2. In Darwin, what does she say Joe Harman is and why she is looking for him?
(a) a friend of her brother who was killed in the war
(b) a second cousin she is looking up for her worried uncle
(c) a man her uncle wants to run his ranch
(d) a creditor she wants to repay a loan to

3. After another day on the mail plane, where does Jean end up?
(a) Cloncurry
(b) Willstown
(c) Queensbury
(d) back in Alice springs

4. Who remembers the poor boy Joe Harman who was in the hospital for 3-4 months?
(a) Wilson-Hays
(b) Joyce Bowen
(c) ex-nurse Phyllis Williams
(d) Dr. March

5. In the hospital, how had Joe referred to Jean Paget?
(a) Mrs. Jean
(b) Mrs. Boon
(c) Mrs. Paget
(d) Mrs. Horsefal

6. What concerns Jean that she cannot buy in Willstown?
(a) fresh fruit, vegetables, and milk
(b) beer, leather, and fuel
(c) newspapers, bottled water, and bread
(d) eggs, meat, and cheese

7. What report does Sugamo receive about Harman after the women have left?
(a) he died during the night
(b) he is still alive
(c) his body was stolen
(d) he escaped

8. Who are David and Joyce Bowen?
(a) people from the British consul service
(b) people who knew Joe Harman
(c) people Jean stays with in Kuantan
(d) people who have Joe Harman's address

9. What makes Jean angry at the bank?
(a) the time it takes to get her money
(b) the flies
(c) the heat
(d) the poor security

10. What prevents Jean from spending a lot of time at Midhurst?
(a) the shop is too busy
(b) Joe is away a great deal of the time
(c) the rural code of morals
(d) she has no transportation

11. Why does Jean sit on the steps outside the bar while Whelan seals the contract with the Shire Clerk?
(a) because she cannot drink lemonade in the bar
(b) because it is hot in the bar
(c) because Joe is not there
(d) to protect her reputation

12. What has Jean purchased for her Sunday visit at Midhurst?
(a) vegetables
(b) art supplies
(c) riding clothes
(d) fresh steaks

13. How much does Mr. Small estimate it will cost to build her building?
(a) £400
(b) £2000
(c) £100
(d) £1000

14. Besides the factory, what else does Jean want?
(a) a small house for her to live in
(b) a small shop with items people want
(c) a cafeteria to serve hot meals
(d) an apothecary to sell medicines

15. What does Jean learn from 18-year-old Rose Sawyer?
(a) the aboriginese of Australia
(b) the history of Alice Springs
(c) the loneliness of Alice Springs
(d) the distances in Australia

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?

2. What is Jean's impression of Alice Springs?

3. What is the name of the reporter of the Sydney Monitor who offers Paget a lift to the Darwin Hotel?

4. What concerns Strachan about Joe's visit to his office?

5. Where does Jean discover Joe Harman is?

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