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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. What happens when the Japanese near Kuala Lumpur?
(a) a peace delegation is sent to the Japanese
(b) the British army increases its size
(c) the women and children are evacuated
(d) the women and children are hidden underground

2. Where was the legacy to go originally?
(a) to Jean Paget herself
(b) to Jean Paget's older brother
(c) to Jean Paget's mother
(d) to Jean Paget's first cousin

3. What does Eileen Holland declare is God's will?
(a) the news that her husband has been shot
(b) the poor quality of their food
(c) the death of her daughter, Jane
(d) the long miles of walking

4. What does Jean learn at an early age that is very helpful to her during the war?
(a) to speak Japanese
(b) to speak Malay
(c) to survive off the land
(d) to give first aid

5. How does Ferris describe Donal Macfadden?
(a) as a man who fought unsuccessfully to live
(b) as a trouble maker and difficult patient
(c) as a delicate, popular, and multi-lingual lieutenant
(d) as burned almost beyond recognition

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Warner provide for the children?

2. In what does Strachan attempt educate Jean?

3. Why does Mrs. Horsefall cede leadership of the group to Jean?

4. Who brings a doctor to examine the group?

5. How does Jean classify her time during World War II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the group stays in Kuala Telang?

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

3. Why is Strachan more or less retired?

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

5. What suggestion from Jean meets with the approval of the villagers and the Japanese invaders?

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

7. How does Shute show there is compassion among the Japanese?

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

9. Describe how Jean Paget becomes the heir to Douglas Macfadden's estate.

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

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