View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on Boxing Day?
(a) the first shoes go out to London
(b) Joe falls and breaks his leg
(c) Jean closes the milk bar
(d) the torrential rains come

2. Who is Joe Popcock that Jean meets at her hotel while talking to the ringers?
(a) the best alligator hunter in Queensland
(b) the last of the kangaroo hunters
(c) a friend of Joe Harman's
(d) a shoe maker

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

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

5. Although Jean is not pleased with the finished product, how do the townspeople respond?
(a) they place large orders
(b) they suggest ways of improving
(c) they are amazed
(d) they laugh at Jean

6. What is Jean's impression of Alice Springs?
(a) it is in the back of beyond
(b) it is strangely English
(c) it is very modern
(d) it is not like Joe remembered

7. What does Jean write to Mr. Strachan about her plans?
(a) she is contacting the Australian Embassy
(b) she is flying to Darwin
(c) she is headed for New Zealand
(d) she is taking a ship to Sydney

8. What effect does Jean's letter have on Strachan?
(a) he becomes alarmed for her safety
(b) he decides she is too much trouble
(c) he puts it aside and forgets it
(d) he gets into a dark mood

9. What is the bore?
(a) the drill used for finding water
(b) the man who keeps trying to court Jean
(c) a local Aboriginese servant
(d) a pipe releasing hot underground water

10. Where does Art Foster say Harman is now?
(a) Malaya
(b) Queensland
(c) England
(d) Sydney

11. What does Harman say about the town of Willstown now that Jean is there?
(a) it will need a railroad line soon
(b) it will never change no matter what she brings in
(c) it will soon be as good as Alice Springs
(d) it will be where they build a house

12. What does Jean make in her hotel room?
(a) an aligator bag
(b) three pair of shoes
(c) a special hat
(d) a new dress

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

14. What does Strachan agree to allow Harman to do?
(a) prove his identity
(b) write a letter he will forward to Jean
(c) stay at his club
(d) find out where Jean is

15. How is she able to do her project in the hotel?
(a) several men in the town get supplies for her
(b) Rose Sawyer comes to help her
(c) Strachan sends her the materials
(d) several women pitch in to help

Short Answer Questions

1. At Midhurst where does Harman sleep and do most of his living?

2. What makes recruiting for the shop easy?

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

4. Who provides breakfast for Jean and Joe?

5. What does Jean see for the first time on the coral island?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 594 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample