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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. Beyond the annual trust funds, what is Strachan authorized to do for Jean?
(a) he can reinvest her basic funds
(b) he can adjust the amount for inflation
(c) he can help her get bank loans
(d) he can release some of her principle

2. How does Jean carry baby Robin Holland?
(a) on her hip like the Malay women
(b) in a papoose pouch
(c) on her back
(d) on her shoulder

3. What occurs with baby Robin after the other Holland children all die?
(a) he gets a fever but survives
(b) he starts to walk
(c) he returns to Eileen
(d) he prefers to stay with Jean

4. Why does the lawyer Strachan not remember Douglas Macfadden at first?
(a) he has been in ill health for many years
(b) he loses touch with clients after his wife dies
(c) he thinks the old man has hired another firm
(d) he never travels again to Scotland

5. What doe the Japanese soldiers do to help the group?
(a) carry the children
(b) give them extra food
(c) steal a truck
(d) stop every two miles to rest

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Japanese agree to let the women stay and work in the fields?

2. How many Japanese guards are assigned to the women and children?

3. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?

4. What meal are they served for breakfast the first morning?

5. Where is the women's next stop after Harman's crucifixion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When they finally come to a paved road, who do the women meet?

4. Why is Strachan more or less retired?

5. Explain how Jean becomes the leader of the group.

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

7. What do they have to do to get to Kuantan?

8. What hope is held out for their removal to Kuantan?

9. How does Jean show up in Strachan's office?

10. What does Mrs. Frith suggest the women do?

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