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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did World War II end?
(a) September 2, 1945.
(b) January 12, 1946.
(c) July 7, 1947.
(d) March 13, 1945.

3. What health problem does Dorrigo learn that Tom has recently experienced in Section 5, Chapter 8?
(a) Tom recently had a heart attack.
(b) Tom has developed polio.
(c) Tom recently had a stroke.
(d) Tom was in a motorcycle accident.

4. Where does Dorrigo have a speaking engagement in Section 5, Chapter 11?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Sydney.

5. When does Dorrigo arrive home from the war in Section 4, Chapter 7?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1945.

6. 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.

7. What does Ella announce about Dorrigo to friends in Section 5, Chapter 6?
(a) That Dorrigo is a murderer.
(b) That Dorrigo is an adulterer.
(c) That Dorrigo is a lonely man.
(d) That Dorrigo has been diagnosed with cancer.

8. From whom does Nakamura receive a letter in Section 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Aki Tomokawa.
(b) Kameyo Sato.
(c) Dorrigo Evans.
(d) Ikuko Kawabata.

9. Where does Nakamura go to visit a corporal from his platoon in Section 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Nagoya.
(d) Funabashi.

10. How is Nakamura's death haiku related?
(a) Holding back the night, with its increasing brilliance, the summer moon.
(b) Winter ice, melts into clean water, clear is my heart.
(c) Bitter winds of winter, but later, river willow, open up your buds.
(d) On a journey, ill; my dream goes wandering, over withered fields.

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

12. Who is the prisoner that finds Darky collapsed near the camp in Section 3, Chapter 16?
(a) Jack.
(b) Rooster.
(c) Shugs.
(d) Dorrigo.

13. How does Jack's widow's second husband die, according to the narrator in Section 4, Chapter 13?
(a) He is hung by the state.
(b) He is killed in a tractor accident.
(c) He is shot by a robber.
(d) He is hit by a drunk driver.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders the soldiers to count the prisoners in Section 3, Chapter 19?

2. Who is Amy walking with when Dorrigo sees her in Section 5, Chapter 9?

3. Who interviews Nakamura for a job in Section 4, Chapter 10?

4. Who awakens Darky when he passes out in the beginning of Section 3, Chapter 14?

5. What happens to Jimmy Bigelow's bugle after he dies?

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