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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. How many Tasmanian machine gunners are in Sergeant Darky Gardiner's group when Dorrigo encounters them in Section 1, Chapter 12?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

2. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?
(a) Amy.
(b) Marie.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Ella.

3. For whom does the officer tell Dorrigo and his men that they will be building a railway in Section 1, Chapter 14?
(a) The Japanese Emperor.
(b) Adolph Hitler.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) The King of England.

4. Who wrote the poem "Ulysses" that Dorrigo describes memorizing to recite to his brother in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) William Wordsworth.

5. What war does Dorrigo remember his brother Tom returning from in Section 1, Chapter 1?
(a) World War II.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Korean War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 4?

2. When is Dorrigo's earliest childhood memory described in Section 1, Chapter 1?

3. What year is it when Dorrigo and his fellow POWs arrive in Siam in Section 1, Chapter 7?

4. The narrator says in Section 1, Chapter 2, "A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has" what?

5. What is Gallipoli von Kessler's nickname in the novel?

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