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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 shows up to berate the sergeant for not marching farther?

2. Who is Mat Amin bin Taib?

3. What is Pack and Levy Ltd.?

4. What does Jean ask Harman if he can get for them?

5. Up to this point in her life, what is it Jean doubts she will ever do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the disappearance of Ellen Forbes.

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

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

4. Why is headman Mat Amin bin Taib surprised at Jean's request for food?

5. Explain how Jean becomes the leader of the group.

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

7. What do they have to do to get to Kuantan?

8. What is lacking in Jean's education that Strachan enjoys supplementing?

9. Why is Strachan more or less retired?

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

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 a critique of A TOWN LIKE ALICE. Evaluate Nevil Shute as a story teller. Say what you think about his ability to describe people and places. Conclude with your recommendation as to who should read the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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