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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. What angers Capt. Sugamo at Kuantan?

2. What was one of Donald's medical problems in the Camp 206 hospital?

3. What happens to Ellen Forbes?

4. What does Jean know from her own experience in the Malay jungles?

5. What does Jean buy at Ayer Penchis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Strachan more or less retired?

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

3. Describe where the group stays in Kuala Telang?

4. What is Eileen Holland's attitude when her daughter Jane dies?

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

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

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

8. When they finally come to a paved road, who do the women meet?

9. What suggestion from Jean meets with the approval of the villagers and the Japanese invaders?

10. How does Jean show up in Strachan's office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on human cruelty. Use the crucifixion of Joe Harman as an example of the extent some people will go to in order to harm other people. In your essay express your opinion whether most people have that ability to be cruel in them. Go into what causes some people to be cruel to others and what the results of that kind of behavior often are like the eventual disgrace of Capt. Sugamo.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about interesting animals. Use wallabies and jackaroos as examples of animals that are uncommon to everyone except people in Australia. Include unusual animals you would like to see in their natural habitat rather than in a zoo. Conclude your essay with a scientific reason for preservation of wildlife as it relates to worldwide ecosystems.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on survival. Base your essay on the survival methods of Jean Paget and the women as they are marched all over Malaya. Explain what people will do to survive that they would not ordinarily do. Put yourself into a survival situation like an earthquake or famine and tell how you would prepare for the emergency and how you would handle it when it happens.

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