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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jean get a final look at the construction at Kuala Telang?
(a) from the air
(b) with the Bowens
(c) on an overnight trip
(d) passing by on the train

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is there such a turnover of ringers in the Willstown area?
(a) the managers are all too hard to work for
(b) the wages are low and there are no shops
(c) men do not stay because the girls all leave to the city
(d) the weather is hot and there is no rainfall

9. 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) an apothecary to sell medicines
(d) a small shop with items people want

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Strachan notice and cannot help but look at?

3. Visiting Cairns, a prosperous town of some 2,000, what does Jean find waiting for her?

4. Where does Jean discover Joe Harman is?

5. What is the Casket?

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