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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Japanese commander of the POW camp where Dorrigo is held in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Major Sato.
(b) Major Ishimoto.
(c) Major Nakamura.
(d) Major Kawabata.

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

3. What word from Section 2 refers to a violent and noisy commotion or uproar?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Epoch.
(c) Proscenium.
(d) Tumult.

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

5. Who beats Darky Gardiner in Section 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Keith Mulvaney.
(b) Sato.
(c) The Goanna.
(d) Colonel Kota.

6. What is the name of the pub where Dorrigo discovers Amy tending bar in Section 2, Chapter 6?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) The Duke of Worcester.
(c) The Green Door.
(d) The King of Cornwall.

7. The narrator says in Section 1, Chapter 2, "A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has" what?
(a) No future.
(b) No memory.
(c) Nothing else.
(d) No present.

8. Where is Amy working in Section 2, Chapter 27?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) The King of Cornwall.

9. Who collapses during work in Section 3, Chapter 10?
(a) Rabbit Hendricks.
(b) Keith Mulvaney.
(c) Rooster MacNeice.
(d) Darky Gardiner.

10. What does Rabbit trade one of his duck eggs to Darky for in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) A can of condensed milk.
(b) A paint brush.
(c) A toothbrush.
(d) A Swiss Army knife.

11. What is Gallipoli von Kessler's nickname in the novel?
(a) Kes.
(b) Jumpy.
(c) Kraut.
(d) Galli.

12. Who is among those cremated in Section 3, Chapter 12?
(a) Dorrigo Evans.
(b) Rabbit Hendricks.
(c) Jimmy Bigelow.
(d) Major Nakamura.

13. How old is Dorrigo when he takes the Ability Test to attend high school in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

14. Who takes the sketchbook that falls out of the fire in Section 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Rooster MacNeice.
(b) Jack Rainbow.
(c) Dorrigo Evans.
(d) Colonel Kota.

15. What are the prisoners ordered to retrieve from the mud in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) A mule.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A tank.
(d) A truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman in bed with Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 5?

2. What does Rabbit Hendricks do for the Japanese in order to earn small payments?

3. Who encouraged Amy to have an abortion when she became pregnant out of wedlock?

4. What major event occurs at the end of Section 2, Chapter 27?

5. Where does Amy get scratched while at the beach in Section 2, Chapter 17?

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