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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorrigo awake to discover that Amy has left for him in Section 2, Chapter 12?
(a) A ring.
(b) Money.
(c) A note.
(d) A bottle of champagne.

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

3. What is the greatest obstacle that Dorrigo faces as a surgeon during his time in the POW camp?
(a) Not having adequate medical supplies.
(b) Constant micromanagement from the Japanese.
(c) His lack of field experience.
(d) His inability to perform under stress.

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

5. What does Amy take off the first time she meets Dorrigo?
(a) Her veil.
(b) Her wedding ring.
(c) Her hat.
(d) A pearl necklace.

6. Who encouraged Amy to have an abortion when she became pregnant out of wedlock?
(a) Darky.
(b) Jack.
(c) Dorrigo.
(d) Keith.

7. Which of the men with Dorrigo and Darky is an artist that sketches in his sketchbook as the men await orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Jackie Maguire.
(b) Jack Rainbow.
(c) Jimmy Bigelow.
(d) Rabbit Hendricks.

8. In Section 1, Chapter 13, who does Dorrigo bet money on that he will make it out of the war alive?
(a) Jimmy Bigelow.
(b) Rabbit Hendricks.
(c) Darky Gardiner.
(d) Jack Rainbow.

9. Who is killed by the explosion in Section 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Jimmy Bigelow.
(b) Yabby Burrows.
(c) Rabbit Hendricks.
(d) Jack Rainbow.

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

11. Why is Sergeant Darky Gardiner's group of machine gunners stranded when Dorrigo encounters them in Section 1, Chapter 12?
(a) They lost their route.
(b) Their boat is beached.
(c) Their truck has broken down.
(d) Their plane was shot down.

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

13. 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) 7.
(d) 3.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug is Nakamura said to be addicted to in Section 2, Chapter 8?

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

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

4. What is the name of the island state where Dorrigo grows up?

5. Who falls blind due to malnutrition and disease in Section 1, Chapter 15?

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