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

3. What does Harman say about the town of Willstown now that Jean is there?

4. Who is Joe Popcock that Jean meets at her hotel while talking to the ringers?

5. At Midhurst where does Harman sleep and do most of his living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jean find Midhurst where Joe lives and works?

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

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

4. In Daly Waters, describe what Jean sees for the first time.

5. Learning in Alice Springs that Joe is all right and able to work, why does Jean not just return to England?

6. Why does Jean fly to Australia?

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

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

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

10. Briefly describe poddy dodging.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a short short story about paying a surprise visit to another person only to find out that person has gone to visit you in the place you came from. Find the humor as well as the irony of the situation and work out a solution to the problem.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about responding to emergency situations. Using the rescue of Don Curtis as an example, include how people often come together to solve problems during an emergency situation. Some examples might include ones like a man who lifts a car to rescue his child when under normal circumstances he could not do it. Either personalize your essay with an example when you responded to an emergency situation or that of a person you know who acted on impulse in such a situation. Apply your theme to being prepared to respond like taking CPR classes or water safety classes.

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