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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to urge Darky to get up and work before the soldiers return and beat him in Section 3, Chapter 15?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Kes.
(d) Dorrigo.

2. Who shares half of a boiled egg with Tiny in Section 3, Chapter 2?
(a) Jimmy Bigelow.
(b) Rabbit Hendricks.
(c) Darky Gardiner.
(d) Jack Rainbow.

3. How old is Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 4?
(a) 35.
(b) 27.
(c) 21.
(d) 32.

4. What is Dorrigo's father's profession during Dorrigo's childhood?
(a) He is an architect.
(b) He is a railway fettler.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a butcher.

5. Who rouses the POW camp each morning by playing the bugle?
(a) Keith Mulvaney.
(b) Major Nakamura.
(c) Rabbit Hendricks.
(d) Jimmy Bigelow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Death Railroad begin when Dorrigo arrives with other POWs to work on it in Section 1, Chapter 7?

2. Where has Jackie Maguire's wife taken a train in Dorrigo's memory in Section 1, Chapter 2?

3. What gift does Dorrigo recall giving to Amy before he departed in Section 3, Chapter 6?

4. Who is the guard that beats Tiny when he collapses in Section 3, Chapter 1?

5. What object is buried with Amy when she dies?

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