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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long have Tom and Isabel been on Janus Rock in the beginning of Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

2. How many stairs in the lighthouse lead up to the lantern room at Janus Rock?
(a) 132.
(b) 100.
(c) 145.
(d) 184.

3. What year is it when Tom, Isabel, and Lucy travel to Point Partageuse for shore leave in Part Two: Chapter 14?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1926.

4. Who does Isabel's mother claim Lucy looks like in Part Two: Chapter 14?
(a) Tom.
(b) Bill.
(c) Auntie Clem.
(d) Septimus.

5. Where did Trimble Docherty commit suicide?
(a) Byron Bay.
(b) Janus Rock.
(c) Hopetoun.
(d) Albany.

6. What is the name of Betsy Parmenter's son?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom.
(c) Paul.
(d) Fred.

7. What does Tom find wedged under the rib of the bow of the boat in Part Two: Chapter 11?
(a) A lace glove.
(b) A silver rattle.
(c) A woman's bonnet.
(d) A baby doll.

8. Why did Trimble Docherty commit suicide?
(a) He was crazy.
(b) Guilt from a long-ago murder.
(c) Grief after his wife died.
(d) Grief after his mother.

9. What does Tom give to Isabel for her birthday in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) A harp.
(b) A gramophone.
(c) A ham radio.
(d) A piano.

10. What did the couple do for a living that took in Septimus Potts in Kojonup?
(a) They were sandalwood pullers.
(b) They were coal miners.
(c) They were bakers.
(d) They were apple pickers.

11. What are the names of the couple that took Septimus Potts in at Kojonup?
(a) Walt and Sarah Flindell.
(b) Sarah and Paul Knuckey.
(c) William and Edna Whittnish.
(d) Tom and Emma Docherty.

12. What does Tom wrap the dead man's body in before burying it in Part Two: Chapter 11?
(a) A cotton sheet.
(b) A sheet of canvas.
(c) A wool blanket.
(d) Leaves from a birch tree.

13. What does Isabel designate as Lucy's birthday in Part Two: Chapter 13?
(a) April 27.
(b) March 12.
(c) January 18.
(d) February 4.

14. Who are Violet Graysmark's sons that died in the war?
(a) James and Paul.
(b) Samuel and Jack.
(c) Richard and William.
(d) Hugh and Alfie.

15. For how long is Tom initially signed up as a temporary lighthouse keeper at Janus Rock?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Tom say he will be turning this year in Part One: Chapter 5?

2. What was the ship that Septimus Potts took to Fremantle as a child?

3. What year is it when Part One: Chapter 7 begins?

4. What color is the dead man's hair described as in Part Two: Chapter 11?

5. At what time does Tom light up the lighthouse on his first night at Janus Rock?

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