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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 is the name of the reporter of the Sydney Monitor who offers Paget a lift to the Darwin Hotel?
(a) Hal Porter
(b) Stuart Hopkinson
(c) Art Foster
(d) Daly Waters

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

3. How does Shute let the reader know that Palmolive is not a great cook?
(a) the coffee is too strong
(b) the steak is burned
(c) the steak is too tough to cut
(d) the eggs are runny

4. When does Harman take Jean to Midhurst to see where he lives?
(a) for the first week in December
(b) after they are married
(c) during a Sunday lull
(d) during the middle of the night

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Darwin, what does she say Joe Harman is and why she is looking for him?

2. What is the dying wish Harman requests when he talks to Sugamo?

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

4. How is some of the hot water used?

5. What makes Jean angry at the bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the town of Cairns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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