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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. With her principle invested, how much will Jean receive annually?

2. What does Jean learn from Strachan?

3. How does Ferris describe Donal Macfadden?

4. Because of his punishment, what does the religious Mrs. Frith decide about Joe Harman?

5. What happens to Harman after he steals the chickens?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Jean tells Strachan what happened to Joe Harman, what is Strachan's reaction and Jean's comment.

2. Explain the disappearance of Ellen Forbes.

3. What hope is held out for their removal to Kuantan?

4. What does Strachan do that hints at the fact he has more than a solicitor-client interest in Jean Paget?

5. Describe how Jean Paget becomes the heir to Douglas Macfadden's estate.

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

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

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

9. How do Jean and the group she is with get captured by the Japanese?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay entitled The Strength of Miss Jean Paget. In your essay point out the strengths she exhibited while leading the women to safety as well as the challenges she faced and conquered in Willstown. Use her example to show that great deeds can be done by ordinary people. Compare her strength with people who have done extraordinary things in the face of peril, like the heroes of 9/11 in New York City.

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 on achieving your dreams. Note in your essay how Jean Paget fulfilled her dreams through hard work and good advice from others. In your essay discuss the difference between wishful thinking and dreams followed up by planning and hard work.

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