A Town Like Alice Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Town Like Alice Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rose Sawyer work?
(a) at the hotel
(b) in a dress shop
(c) in the bank
(d) in the milk bar

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

3. Who arranges with Whelan and sons to order the lumber for the shop and bedroom annex?
(a) Joe Harman
(b) Mr. Strachan
(c) Hal Porter
(d) Jean Paget

4. What is amusing in the idea that he cannot believe she has survived three weeks in Willstown?
(a) she had survived three years in Malaya
(b) she had not been able to survive Kuantan
(c) she appears to be a total city woman
(d) she looks so frail without the tan and the sarong

5. What does Jean treat herself to in Alice Springs?
(a) an air conditioned room
(b) a hamburger
(c) some fish and chips
(d) an ice cream soda

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

7. At Midhurst where does Harman sleep and do most of his living?
(a) in the kitchen
(b) in the cattle barn
(c) in the living room
(d) on the verandah

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

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

10. How does Jean travel to Alice Springs?
(a) by plane
(b) by train
(c) by bus
(d) by car

11. How many girls does Small think would work regularly for £5 a week in a shoe factory?
(a) 9 or 10 after they are trained
(b) 20 or 30 immediately
(c) 6 or 7 immediately
(d) 3 or 4 immediately

12. Who provides breakfast for Jean and Joe?
(a) Lily
(b) Moonshine's wife, Palmolive
(c) Mary, Bourneville's wife
(d) Joe

13. What does Jean see for the first time on the coral island?
(a) the size of his shoulders
(b) the puckered scars on Joe's back
(c) the way he walks with a limp
(d) the nail scars on his hands

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is served at tea time which shocks Jean?

2. Why is there such a turnover of ringers in the Willstown area?

3. What does Jean learn from 18-year-old Rose Sawyer?

4. Who are David and Joyce Bowen?

5. How does Shute let the reader know that Palmolive is not a great cook?

(see the answer keys)

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