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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. Who is the former A.T.S. sergeant during the war, stationed in Egypt, Topp perfect for the task of training the factory workers?
(a) Rose Sawyer
(b) Elsie Peters
(c) Aggie Topp
(d) Judy Small

2. Visiting Cairns, a prosperous town of some 2,000, what does Jean find waiting for her?
(a) a letter from Strachan
(b) a letter from Joe Harman
(c) a letter from Pack and Levy
(d) a letter from Joyce Bowen

3. Who tells Jean Paget this story?
(a) the headman at Kuala Telang
(b) well diggers at Kuala Telang
(c) a missionary at Kuala Telang
(d) the women at Kuala Telang

4. Who shows up at Strachan's office a week after Jean's letter arrives?
(a) Joe Harman
(b) Jean
(c) a Chinese man, Bun Tai Lin
(d) a messenger from the Australian Embassy

5. What does Strachan do before sending Topp to Australia?
(a) interviews her to be sure she is a good manager
(b) has a background check done on her
(c) takes her to his club to check out her manners
(d) finds the cheapest fare to Australia he can locate

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jean sit on the steps outside the bar while Whelan seals the contract with the Shire Clerk?

2. What is amusing in the idea that he cannot believe she has survived three weeks in Willstown?

3. What does Strachan send to Jean in Willstown?

4. How does Jean travel to Alice Springs?

5. How does Jean travel across central Australia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What consideration do both Jean and Joe have about each other?

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

4. Briefly describe the town of Cairns.

5. Why does Harman not recognize Jean at first when she goes to the airport to meet him?

6. Describe the outback custom Jean learns that shows her determination to fit in and settle there.

7. Learning in Alice Springs that Joe is all right and able to work, why does Jean not just return to England?

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

9. Briefly describe Jean's shoe making project.

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

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