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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Goanna found guilty of during his trial in Section 4?
(a) Acts of a traitorous nature.
(b) Stealing from the government.
(c) Rape and murder.
(d) Murder and ill-treatment of prisoners.

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

3. What does Jack Rainbow's widow do with Dorrigo's delivery after he departs in Section 4, Chapter 13?
(a) She throws it into the fire.
(b) She hangs it on the wall.
(c) She puts it in the attic.
(d) She buries it in the yard.

4. What song does Jimmy Bigelow play for his daughter when she asks about the war in Section 5, Chapter 14?
(a) Boots and Saddles.
(b) Rally on the Chief.
(c) Last Post.
(d) Fatigue Call.

5. What does the Goanna consider asking about as he is prepared for execution in Section 4, Chapter 8?
(a) His military pay.
(b) His children.
(c) The forgiveness of God.
(d) His wife.

6. Where does Nakamura go after securing false identity papers in Section 4, Chapter 1?
(a) Nagoya.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Kobe.
(d) Funabashi.

7. What does Dorrigo bargain for with Nakamura during the beating in Section 3?
(a) Food rations.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Opium.
(d) Quinine.

8. 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?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The English.

9. How does Jack Rainbow die in Section 3, Chapter 18?
(a) He suffocates.
(b) He bleeds to death.
(c) He overdoses on anesthesia.
(d) He commits suicide.

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

11. What does Sato say he witnessed during the war in Section 4, Chapter 9?
(a) He witnessed the beheadings of one thousand prisoners.
(b) He witnessed the deaths at Hiroshima.
(c) He witnessed the rise of Hitler in Germany.
(d) He witnessed a doctor performing a live dissection.

12. What is the Goanna's name revealed to be in Section 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Hiroshi Takeuchi.
(b) Tadashi Hanaya.
(c) Choi Sang-min.
(d) Park Chung-hee.

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

14. What does Jack Rainbow's widow unexpectedly ask Dorrigo if he believes in, in Section 4, Chapter 12?
(a) God.
(b) War.
(c) Love.
(d) Fate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it when Nakamura gives up his false identity in Section 4, Chapter 10?

2. Where does Dorrigo find Jack Rainbow's wife working when he reaches her home in Section 4, Chapter 11?

3. When did World War II end?

4. What does Nakamura demand from the prostitute in Section 4, Chapter 2?

5. Where is Jimmy Bigelow when he dies in Section 5, Chapter 14?

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