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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. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?

2. What is the name of the reporter of the Sydney Monitor who offers Paget a lift to the Darwin Hotel?

3. What does Strachan agree to allow Harman to do?

4. How does Jean travel across central Australia?

5. What effect does Jean's letter have on Strachan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Joe Harman able to travel to England?

2. What is going on at Midhurst when news arrives about Don Curtis' disappearance?

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

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

5. Why does Jean fly to Australia?

6. Why are the people anxious for Jean to open a shoe factory in Willstown?

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

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

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

10. Describe the opening ceremony for the well and laundry room Jean has provided the village.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on morality and religion. Using Willstown as an example, note the high moral standards, especially in regard towards women. Then note that there is not church in the town and the wedding takes place in the Shire Hall. Discuss where you think the morality comes from and whether Willstown actually needs a church as it grows into a town like Alice springs.

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 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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