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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 Strachan send to Jean in Willstown?
(a) a commercial washing machine
(b) a large air conditioning unit
(c) a box of the latest English novels
(d) a letter of credit for £5,000

2. Where does Jean discover Joe Harman is?
(a) in England on holiday, due back late October
(b) in America studying ranching
(c) in Malaya visiting nurse Williams
(d) in New Zealand buying cattle

3. Who remembers the poor boy Joe Harman who was in the hospital for 3-4 months?
(a) Joyce Bowen
(b) Dr. March
(c) Wilson-Hays
(d) ex-nurse Phyllis Williams

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harman say about the town of Willstown now that Jean is there?

2. What does Jean treat herself to in Alice Springs?

3. Who are David and Joyce Bowen?

4. What gives Jean the idea of making shoes?

5. How many girls does Small think would work regularly for £5 a week in a shoe factory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Briefly describe Jean's shoe making project.

4. What does Jean discover about Harman in Alice Springs?

5. Briefly describe poddy dodging.

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

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

8. What is Jean's cover story about why she is looking for Harman?

9. Why does Jean fly to Australia?

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

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