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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives them homemade medicine for the dengue fever?

2. Seeing the suntanned Jean with a baby on her hip, what does Harman think she is?

3. What does Jean Paget present to Strachan when she arrives in his office?

4. What happens with the sergeant at the end of August in Kuala Telang?

5. How does Strachan certify Donald's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Strachan more or less retired?

2. What is the Japanese solution for dealing with the women and children?

3. When the group reaches the northeast coast of Malaya, what helps the women?

4. How does the real story of the novel begin?

5. What does Mrs. Frith suggest the women do?

6. Explain the disappearance of Ellen Forbes.

7. What is Jean's attitude toward the time the women spent in Kuala Telang?

8. Why and how is Jean able to do something special for the women and children?

9. Describe the historical situation that brings about Jean's unusual history?

10. What is Jean's reaction to the news of her inheritance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about travel. Begin with Strachan's trip to Australia and mention Joe's and Jean's plans to visit San Francisco. In your essay talk about the value of traveling to other countries and conclude with countries you would like to visit. If you have traveled to another country, explain what you got out of the experience. If you have not traveled to another country, explain what you hope to get out of it when you do. Conclude your essay with the ambassadorship of common people getting to know people from other cultures.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on modern day chivalry. Use Joe Harman to show his chivalry in Malaya in trying to make life easier for the women and children. Then show his chivalry in being protective of Jean's reputation in Willstown. Finish your essay with an evaluation of chivalry today where practices such as opening doors for women have almost gone out of use. Explain whether you think the world should return to some of that chivalry.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about adjusting to difficult situations. Mention how Jean and the women had to adjust to being prisoners and later working in the rice paddies. Write about how Jean adjusted to Willstown and how the town adjusted to her. Conclude with the idea that at any given time, people may have to adjust to difficult situations. Identify appropriate action and behavior in a specific bad situation like being in a strange place and running out of money. Detail how to best deal with such a circumstance.

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