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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. What illness does Tiny Middleton develop that causes him to collapse at work in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Malaria.

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

3. What does Rabbit Hendricks do for the Japanese in order to earn small payments?
(a) He composes songs.
(b) He writes poems.
(c) He performs songs.
(d) He sketches postcards.

4. With whom is Dorrigo in bed in Section 1, Chapter 18?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Ella.
(c) Lynette.
(d) Amy.

5. What major event occurs at the end of Section 2, Chapter 27?
(a) The pub explodes.
(b) The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
(c) The war ends.
(d) Ella gets married.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who collapses during work in Section 3, Chapter 10?

3. When is Dorrigo's earliest childhood memory described in Section 1, Chapter 1?

4. Where is Dorrigo as he awaits orders in the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Dorrigo first meet Amy in Section 2, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dorrigo observe at the prison camp with English prisoners in Section 1 of the novel?

2. How is Dorrigo's meeting with Keith described in Section 2, Chapter 9?

3. What internal conflicts does Dorrigo face in Section 2, Chapter 5?

4. What is the "Book of Souls" that is mentioned in The Narrow Road to the Deep North?

5. What infraction leads to Darky Gardiner being beaten in Section 3, Chapter 4?

6. How are Amy's circumstances described in Section 2, Chapter 15? What internal conflicts is she grappling with?

7. What does Colonel Kota remark about the act of beheading in Section 2, Chapter 16?

8. How would you describe the setting where Dorrigo grows up?

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

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

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