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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Chapters 10-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dorrigo attend medical school?
(a) The University of Melbourne.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Washington State University.
(d) Oxford University.

2. Where does the Death Railroad begin when Dorrigo arrives with other POWs to work on it in Section 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Near Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Near Seoul.
(c) Near Hiroshima.
(d) Near Bangkok.

3. Who shoots the pilot in Section 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Jack Rainbow.
(b) Jimmy Bigelow.
(c) Rabbit Hendricks.
(d) Rooster McNeice.

4. What year is it when Dorrigo and his fellow POWs arrive in Siam in Section 1, Chapter 7?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1945.

5. What symbol comprises Shisui's death poem?
(a) A heart.
(b) A line.
(c) A circle.
(d) A star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?

2. Who dies, leaving Dorrigo as the commanding officer among the prisoners in Section 1, Chapter 16?

3. Who is Dorrigo's fiancee in Section 1, Chapter 5?

4. Which of Darky's men finds the coffee as the men await orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?

5. Who wrote the poem "Ulysses" that Dorrigo describes memorizing to recite to his brother in Section 1, Chapter 2?

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