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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 only saw him once when she was a girl
(d) she knew him only from photographs

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

3. What chore does Jean take on on the way to Bakri?
(a) carrying Eileen's baby
(b) translating for the Japanese
(c) leading the group
(d) keeping a count of the group

4. What was one of Donald's medical problems in the Camp 206 hospital?
(a) a bullet wound to the head
(b) a crushed right lig
(c) a strange virus the doctors had never heard of
(d) a huge, poisonous tropical ulcer on his leg

5. Because of his punishment, what does the religious Mrs. Frith decide about Joe Harman?
(a) that he must have sinned
(b) that he was another Moses
(c) that he is a second Christ
(d) that he was sent by God

Short Answer Questions

1. How are they told they must get to Singapore?

2. What does Dr. Ferris say relieved a bit of the grimness of Camp 206?

3. When telling Jean about Donald, what does Strachan try to do?

4. What is Pack and Levy Ltd.?

5. Who brings a doctor to examine the group?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is headman Mat Amin bin Taib surprised at Jean's request for food?

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

4. What is Jean's reaction to the news of her inheritance?

5. How does the real story of the novel begin?

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

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

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

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

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

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