View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major event occurs at the end of Section 2, Chapter 27?
(a) The war ends.
(b) Ella gets married.
(c) The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
(d) The pub explodes.

2. How does Amy contact Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 26?
(a) She emails him.
(b) She calls him.
(c) She writes to him.
(d) She meets him at the pub.

3. What illness does Tiny Middleton develop that causes him to collapse at work in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Influenza.

4. What does Dorrigo learn after talking with Amy in the end of Section 2, Chapter 26?
(a) He is accepted to medical school.
(b) He will be married in June.
(c) He has inherited his father's estate.
(d) He will be shipping out immediately.

5. Who asks Dorrigo to look after Amy while he is away on business in Section 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Darky.
(c) Paul.
(d) Keith.

6. What book is Rooster MacNeice memorizing in order to keep his mind sharp in Section 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Mein Kampf.
(b) The Stranger.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

7. Who is the woman in bed with Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Lynette.
(b) Amy.
(c) Ella.
(d) Ruth.

8. Who is the woman in bed with Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Ella.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Lynette.
(d) Amy.

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

10. 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.

11. How far away is the prison camp that Major Nakamura is ordered to send 100 prisoners to in Section 2, Chapter 14?
(a) 150 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 300 kilometers.
(d) 75 kilometers.

12. Who is the young woman that Dorrigo is involved with that is involved in Melbourne society in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Marie.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Ella.
(d) Sarah.

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

14. What does Amy tell Dorrigo that he needs to do in Section 2, Chapter 26?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Go back to Ella.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pub where Dorrigo discovers Amy tending bar in Section 2, Chapter 6?

2. From whom does Dorrigo receive a letter in Section 3, Chapter 6?

3. What does Dorrigo pool together his money to purchase in Section 1, Chapter 16?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 442 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample