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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 is the former A.T.S. sergeant during the war, stationed in Egypt, Topp perfect for the task of training the factory workers?

2. How much does Jean request Strachan release from her trust fund?

3. Why is Helen Curtis hysterical on the radio?

4. Why is there such a turnover of ringers in the Willstown area?

5. What is amusing in the idea that he cannot believe she has survived three weeks in Willstown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jean's cover story about why she is looking for Harman?

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

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

4. Briefly describe the town of Cairns.

5. What is the bore and what use do the people make of it?

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

7. Why does Jean fly to Australia?

8. Briefly describe poddy dodging.

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

10. Why does Harman not recognize Jean at first when she goes to the airport to meet him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on traditional folk medicine. In your essay write about home cures and medications that were used long before the pharmaceutical business evolved. Express to what extant you think some of those traditional remedies may be useful today. Discuss in your essay the current problem with misuse of prescription drugs and how natural remedies and preventatives do not pose that same problem.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how certain places or objects bring back memories, either good or bad. As a starting point, use the example of Jean seeing the tree where Harman was nailed up to die. Give examples from your personal life that trigger memories when you see or hear them. What songs were popular when you had your first steady? What place you visit that always brings back memories like your old high school, or a ball park, or an amusement park.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about vocabulary differences in English speaking countries. Use Australian words such as bore, cattle station, walkabout, and others in the novel to illustrate the point that language changes from culture to culture. Note in your essay that English as the second language of the world is constantly being altered by the introduction of usage influenced by other languages. End with your opinion of what is good or bad about different meanings for the same words in other countries.

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