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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 concerns Strachan about Joe's visit to his office?
(a) how much he can tell him
(b) what kind of character he has
(c) how to prove his identity
(d) how to get rid of him

2. When does Harman take Jean to Midhurst to see where he lives?
(a) after they are married
(b) during the middle of the night
(c) for the first week in December
(d) during a Sunday lull

3. What is the bore?
(a) the drill used for finding water
(b) a local Aboriginese servant
(c) the man who keeps trying to court Jean
(d) a pipe releasing hot underground water

4. How much does Jean request Strachan release from her trust fund?
(a) £3,500
(b) £10,000
(c) £2,000
(d) £5,000

5. Without a phone, how do people get information?
(a) the radio network operator connects to 50 stations
(b) mail plane pilots bring messages to town
(c) riders carry messages from station to station
(d) traveling pastors carry messages from place to place

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the factory, what else does Jean want?

2. What is served at tea time which shocks Jean?

3. Where does Jean discover Joe Harman is?

4. What prevents Jean from spending a lot of time at Midhurst?

5. Who tells Jean Paget this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jean stay outside the bar while Joe and Whelan discuss leasing agreements with the Shire Clerk?

2. What is going on at Midhurst when news arrives about Don Curtis' disappearance?

3. Explain what Jean learns on her trip to Kuala Telang to have a well dug for the women there.

4. Describe the opening ceremony for the well and laundry room Jean has provided the village.

5. Why are the people anxious for Jean to open a shoe factory in Willstown?

6. After confiding with the Sawyers her real reason for looking up Joe Harman, what is Jean's denial?

7. What is the bore and what use do the people make of it?

8. Why are reporters waiting around the airport at Darwin?

9. Briefly describe the town of Cairns.

10. Why is it easy to recruit new workers for the shoe factory?

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