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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom had Dorrigo seen kissing Jackie Maguire's wife before she disappeared in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Darky.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Tom.

2. Who is the guard that beats Tiny when he collapses in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Colonel Kota.
(b) Sato.
(c) The Goanna.
(d) Major Ishimoto.

3. What is Dorrigo's father's profession during Dorrigo's childhood?
(a) He is a butcher.
(b) He is an architect.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a railway fettler.

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

5. Who dies, leaving Dorrigo as the commanding officer among the prisoners in Section 1, Chapter 16?
(a) Colonel Kota.
(b) Colonel Rexroth.
(c) Darky Gardiner.
(d) Major Nakamura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman in bed with Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 6?

2. What year is it when Dorrigo and his fellow POWs arrive in Siam in Section 1, Chapter 7?

3. Who is the woman in bed with Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 5?

4. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?

5. How old is Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbolic event occurs on the beach in Section 2, Chapter 17?

2. What do Dorrigo and his men do while awaiting orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?

3. How is Rooster MacNeice's relationship with the book Mein Kampf described in Section 3, Chapter 3?

4. How has Darky Gardiner come into possession of a duck egg in Section 3, Chapter 1?

5. In Section 1, Dorrigo recalls an interview during which a journalist asks why Japan was bombed twice. What response does Dorrigo give to the interviewer?

6. What is Dorrigo's familial relationship with Keith and Amy Mulvaney?

7. What event leads to the surrender of Dorrigo and his men in Section 1, Chapter 13?

8. What personality trait stands out the most in Dorrigo's character from the beginning of the novel?

9. How would you describe the language style of The Narrow Road to the Deep North?

10. What leads to Tiny Middleton being beaten in Section 3, Chapter 1? How do the prisoners react?

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