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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Jean Paget this story?
(a) well diggers at Kuala Telang
(b) the headman at Kuala Telang
(c) a missionary at Kuala Telang
(d) the women at Kuala Telang

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

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

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

5. What is the dying wish Harman requests when he talks to Sugamo?
(a) a chicken and a beer
(b) a suicide pill
(c) a bath and new clothes
(d) a steak and potatoes

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

7. What does Strachan research about Jean's ancestors?
(a) to make sure she is the rightful heir
(b) to make sure there are no Harmans included
(c) to make sure she came from Australian stock
(d) to make sure she has no living relatives

8. How does Jean travel across central Australia?
(a) on a slow moving train
(b) in a non-air conditioned bus
(c) in a Dragonfly, on a mail and passenger run
(d) in a truck delivering supplies

9. How does Shute let the reader know that Palmolive is not a great cook?
(a) the steak is burned
(b) the eggs are runny
(c) the coffee is too strong
(d) the steak is too tough to cut

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

11. 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) Elsie Peters
(c) Rose Sawyer
(d) Aggie Topp

12. 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 gets into a dark mood
(d) he puts it aside and forgets it

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What report does Sugamo receive about Harman after the women have left?

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

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

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

5. What does jean remember Joe Harman telling her?

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