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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jean hardly remember her late uncle?
(a) her family was the black sheep
(b) no one knew where Macfadden was
(c) she knew him only from photographs
(d) she only saw him once when she was a girl

2. Seeing the suntanned Jean with a baby on her hip, what does Harman think she is?
(a) the wife of one of the Japanese
(b) a Malay married woman
(c) a servant girl
(d) a Malay spy

3. Where is the women's next stop after Harman's crucifixion?
(a) an abandoned shed near a rice paddy
(b) a banana plantation near the coast
(c) Besarah, a beautiful fishing village
(d) a prison camp for men only

4. Why is it now easier for Jean to arrange food and shelter at the village?
(a) the people speak English
(b) there is no headman
(c) the group is much smaller
(d) the villagers think they are Japanese

5. After landing her job in 1939, how long does Jean work?
(a) six months
(b) 18 months
(c) two years
(d) one year

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they encounter as they walk through the swamps?

2. What happens to Ellen Forbes?

3. What does Eileen Holland declare is God's will?

4. Who brings a doctor to examine the group?

5. How long does Jean say the women stayed in Kuala Telang?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Strachan do that hints at the fact he has more than a solicitor-client interest in Jean Paget?

2. Who is the first casualty of the march and what effect does it have on the children.

3. What is the Japanese solution for dealing with the women and children?

4. When the group reaches the northeast coast of Malaya, what helps the women?

5. Explain the disappearance of Ellen Forbes.

6. Explain why N. H. Strachan decides to handle the details of administering the will?

7. What is Eileen Holland's attitude when her daughter Jane dies?

8. How do Jean and the group she is with get captured by the Japanese?

9. Describe where the group stays in Kuala Telang?

10. How does Strachan arrange to meet Jean Paget?

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