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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do townspeople hope that Jean will put in a shoe manufacturing business?
(a) to keep their daughters from running away to the city
(b) to put their town on the map
(c) to have something to brag about
(d) to encourage other businesses to come to the area

2. Who shows up at Strachan's office a week after Jean's letter arrives?
(a) a messenger from the Australian Embassy
(b) Joe Harman
(c) Jean
(d) a Chinese man, Bun Tai Lin

3. What does Strachan do before sending Topp to Australia?
(a) takes her to his club to check out her manners
(b) finds the cheapest fare to Australia he can locate
(c) interviews her to be sure she is a good manager
(d) has a background check done on her

4. Besides the well, what has Jean caused to be built?
(a) a meeting hall
(b) a ceptic system
(c) a private laundry shed
(d) a small food shop

5. What is the name of the reporter of the Sydney Monitor who offers Paget a lift to the Darwin Hotel?
(a) Stuart Hopkinson
(b) Daly Waters
(c) Art Foster
(d) Hal Porter

6. Why is Helen Curtis hysterical on the radio?
(a) the flood has washed away the curtis barn
(b) her son has come down with a fever
(c) lightning struck her house and burned it down
(d) her husband's horse returned home without him

7. Who is the former A.T.S. sergeant during the war, stationed in Egypt, Topp perfect for the task of training the factory workers?
(a) Judy Small
(b) Aggie Topp
(c) Elsie Peters
(d) Rose Sawyer

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

9. What does Mrs. Driver remember about Joe Harman?
(a) he used to work at Wollara
(b) he used to come to town often
(c) he used to work at the ice cream parlor
(d) he used to fly the mail plane

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

11. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?
(a) only the stump of the tree
(b) the nail holes still visible
(c) a plaque in honor of Joe
(d) Malay women gossiping

12. What makes recruiting for the shop easy?
(a) ringers start coming to town more often
(b) there are more girls than Jean once thought
(c) parents make their daughters go to work
(d) air conditioning, music, uniforms, and spending money

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

14. What does Strachan notice and cannot help but look at?
(a) Joe's dark brown eyes
(b) Joe's round face
(c) Joe's scarred hands
(d) Joe's thin physique

15. What concerns Strachan about Joe's visit to his office?
(a) what kind of character he has
(b) how much he can tell him
(c) how to prove his identity
(d) how to get rid of him

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Jean and Harman finally reunited?

2. What does Harman say about the town of Willstown now that Jean is there?

3. Who tells Jean about the land as they pass through?

4. When does Harman take Jean to Midhurst to see where he lives?

5. Who provides breakfast for Jean and Joe?

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