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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. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?
(a) the nail holes still visible
(b) only the stump of the tree
(c) Malay women gossiping
(d) a plaque in honor of Joe

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

3. Where does Rose Sawyer work?
(a) in the bank
(b) in a dress shop
(c) at the hotel
(d) in the milk bar

4. After another day on the mail plane, where does Jean end up?
(a) back in Alice springs
(b) Willstown
(c) Cloncurry
(d) Queensbury

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jean purchased for her Sunday visit at Midhurst?

2. What concerns Jean that she cannot buy in Willstown?

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

4. How does Jean get a final look at the construction at Kuala Telang?

5. How is she able to do her project in the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Daly Waters, describe what Jean sees for the first time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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