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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the former POWs recall having told them about the tank at the fish shop in Section 4, Chapter 5?
(a) Darky Gardiner.
(b) Jimmy Bigelow.
(c) Rabbit Hendricks.
(d) Jack Rainbow.

2. How many children does Jack Rainbow's widow say she and Jack had in Section 4, Chapter 12?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. Who is among the witnesses against the Goanna during his trial?
(a) Ikuko Kawabata.
(b) Kameyo Sato.
(c) Colonel Kota.
(d) Major Nakamura.

4. Why does Lizard Brancussi become devastated when he calls his girlfriend after the war in Section 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Because she hangs up on him.
(b) Because he learns she has died.
(c) Because another man answers the phone.
(d) Because she tells him she hates him.

5. Where does Dorrigo find Jack Rainbow's wife working when he reaches her home in Section 4, Chapter 11?
(a) In the dairy shed.
(b) In the nursery.
(c) In the schoolhouse next door.
(d) In the garden.

6. Who beats Darky Gardiner before sending him to the hospital in Section 3, Chapter 15?
(a) Major Nakamura.
(b) The Goanna.
(c) Dorrigo Evans.
(d) Colonel Kota.

7. What year is it when Ella plans for a week's visit with her sister in Section 5, Chapter 8?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1967.

8. Where is Nakamura living in the beginning of Section 4, Chapter 1?
(a) Nagoya.
(b) Funabashi.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Tokyo.

9. What does Colonel Kota plan to do when he sees Darky in Section 3, Chapter 15?
(a) He plans to stab him.
(b) He plans to shoot him.
(c) He plans to hang him.
(d) He plans to behead him.

10. What is Nakamura's first name?
(a) Ikuko.
(b) Tenji.
(c) Hiroshi.
(d) Kameyo.

11. Where is Dorrigo as he dies in Section 5, Chapter 17?
(a) In a nursing home.
(b) In his bed at home.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In a boat.

12. What is the name of Dorrigo's and Ella's son?
(a) James.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Peter.

13. According to the narrator in Section 5, Chapter 10, where was Amy when the pub exploded?
(a) In the pub's attic.
(b) In the pub's basement.
(c) At the beach.
(d) At church.

14. From whom does Dorrigo receive a letter at the POW camp in Section 5, Chapter 18?
(a) Ella.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Lynette.
(d) Amy.

15. Years after his time at the POW camp, Jimmy Bigelow always insists that his children do what a specific way?
(a) Eat their dinner.
(b) Study for tests.
(c) Fold their clothes.
(d) Take a shower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nakamura go after securing false identity papers in Section 4, Chapter 1?

2. How many years has it been since Dorrigo has seen Ella when he returns home in Section 4, Chapter 7?

3. Who has given up his dream of being a musician after the war in Section 4, Chapter 5?

4. What does the Goanna long for in the moments before he dies in Section 4, Chapter 8?

5. In Section 5, Chapter 5, Tomokawa laments that soldiers were punished as war criminals for the atrocities visited on some prisoners while the crimes against whom were ignored?

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