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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 does Jean buy at Ayer Penchis?
(a) mangoes
(b) beef jerky
(c) dried squid
(d) potato chips

2. After walking to several places and finding no ship, what do the women decide to do?
(a) return to Kuala Lumpur
(b) head for Thailand
(c) refuse to walk further
(d) walk to Singapore

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

4. What prevents Jean from receiving the inheritance immediately?
(a) they must have legal proof of her immigration status
(b) they must have legal proof of her brother's death
(c) they must have legal proof of her birth
(d) they must have legal proof of her sanity

5. What solution do the women come up with to allow them to stay in Kuala Telang?
(a) they will open a laundry for the Japanese
(b) they will marry village men
(c) they will work in the rice paddies with the Malay women
(d) they will hide whenever the Japanese come around

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other ladies in the group do to follow Jean's example?

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

3. What was one of Donald's medical problems in the Camp 206 hospital?

4. What does Jean begin wearing?

5. What helps clear up some of their skin diseases?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe what happens after the Japanese arrive.

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

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

4. What is Jean's attitude toward the time the women spent in Kuala Telang?

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

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

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

8. What prevents the group from marching to Singapore?

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

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

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