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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 to prove his identity
(b) how to get rid of him
(c) what kind of character he has
(d) how much he can tell him

2. What effect does Jean's letter have on Strachan?
(a) he becomes alarmed for her safety
(b) he decides she is too much trouble
(c) he puts it aside and forgets it
(d) he gets into a dark mood

3. What does Jean learn from 18-year-old Rose Sawyer?
(a) the loneliness of Alice Springs
(b) the aboriginese of Australia
(c) the history of Alice Springs
(d) the distances in Australia

4. How many girls does Small think would work regularly for £5 a week in a shoe factory?
(a) 9 or 10 after they are trained
(b) 3 or 4 immediately
(c) 6 or 7 immediately
(d) 20 or 30 immediately

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Art Foster say Harman is now?

2. Who is the former A.T.S. sergeant during the war, stationed in Egypt, Topp perfect for the task of training the factory workers?

3. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?

4. Why does Sugamo order that Harman be removed from the tree and taken to a hospital?

5. At Midhurst where does Harman sleep and do most of his living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Briefly describe the town of Cairns.

7. Briefly describe Jean's shoe making project.

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

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

10. How is Jean helped in finding out information about Joe Harman?

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