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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 prevents Jean from spending a lot of time at Midhurst?
(a) Joe is away a great deal of the time
(b) the shop is too busy
(c) the rural code of morals
(d) she has no transportation

2. What does Jean see for the first time on the coral island?
(a) the size of his shoulders
(b) the nail scars on his hands
(c) the way he walks with a limp
(d) the puckered scars on Joe's back

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

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

5. How does Jean travel to Alice Springs?
(a) by plane
(b) by car
(c) by bus
(d) by train

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strachan research about Jean's ancestors?

2. What does Jean ask about while visiting with the reporter?

3. After another day on the mail plane, where does Jean end up?

4. What makes Jean angry at the bank?

5. Visiting Cairns, a prosperous town of some 2,000, what does Jean find waiting for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. While Jean is looking for Joe in Australia, what is Joe doing?

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

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

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

6. How was Joe Harman able to travel to England?

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

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

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

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

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