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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What offense does Dorrigo accuse the Goanna of having committed in Section 3, Chapter 21?
(a) Murder.
(b) Selling stolen goods to prisoners.
(c) Stealing medicine from the medic tent.
(d) Demeaning his rank as an officer.

3. What is the river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld?
(a) The Odyssey River.
(b) The Celadon River.
(c) The River Styx.
(d) The River Lethe.

4. What is the name of the nurse that Nakamura befriends in Section 4, Chapter 9?
(a) Ikuko Kawabata.
(b) Aiko Ishimoto.
(c) Lynette Maison.
(d) Kameyo Sato.

5. Who has given up his dream of being a musician after the war in Section 4, Chapter 5?
(a) Jimmy Bigelow.
(b) Darky Gardiner.
(c) Rooster MacNeice.
(d) Jack Rainbow.

6. How is Dorrigo's behavior toward his children described in Section 5, Chapter 6?
(a) He dotes on them constantly.
(b) He loves but ignores them.
(c) He argues constantly with his son but adores his daughters.
(d) He has disinherited and disowned them.

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

8. What does the Greek man who owns the fish shop do when the POWs go to apologize in Section 4, Chapter 6?
(a) He hits them with a broom.
(b) He invites them for a meal.
(c) He sends for his lawyer.
(d) He calls the police.

9. How does Lizard Brancussi commit suicide in Section 4, Chapter 4?
(a) He drowns himself.
(b) He hangs himself.
(c) He overdoses on pills.
(d) He shoots himself.

10. What does Tom reveal about Jackie Maguire's wife in Section 5, Chapter 8?
(a) She had been pregnant with Tom's baby when she ran away.
(b) She had killed her parents.
(c) She was never married to Jackie.
(d) She had left Jackie for a man in England.

11. Who orders the soldiers to count the prisoners in Section 3, Chapter 19?
(a) Major Ishimoto.
(b) Ikuko Kawabata.
(c) Colonel Kota.
(d) Lieutenant Fukuhara.

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

13. What do the former POWs do with the fish stolen from the fish shop in Section 4, Chapter 5?
(a) They release them into the bay.
(b) They cook them for dinner.
(c) They dump them in a friend's front yard.
(d) They sell them on the black market.

14. Where is Darky Gardiner's body found in Section 3, Chapter 24?
(a) In the Japanese truck.
(b) In the medic tent.
(c) The sanitation ditch.
(d) On a church pew.

15. What health problem does Nakamura discover he has developed in Section 5, Chapter 1?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Prostate cancer.
(d) Throat cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Section 3 refers to a person who leads an austerely simple life dedicated to the pursuit of contemplative ideals?

2. Years after his time at the POW camp, Jimmy Bigelow always insists that his children do what a specific way?

3. Where is Nakamura living in the beginning of Section 4, Chapter 1?

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

5. What does Ella announce about Dorrigo to friends in Section 5, Chapter 6?

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