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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. Who is among those cremated in Section 3, Chapter 12?
(a) Major Nakamura.
(b) Jimmy Bigelow.
(c) Dorrigo Evans.
(d) Rabbit Hendricks.

2. Who is the young woman that Dorrigo is involved with that is involved in Melbourne society in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Marie.
(c) Ella.
(d) Sarah.

3. Why is Sergeant Darky Gardiner's group of machine gunners stranded when Dorrigo encounters them in Section 1, Chapter 12?
(a) Their plane was shot down.
(b) Their truck has broken down.
(c) Their boat is beached.
(d) They lost their route.

4. From whom does Dorrigo receive a letter in Section 3, Chapter 6?
(a) Ella.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Amy.
(d) Maria.

5. The narrator says in Section 1, Chapter 2, "A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has" what?
(a) No present.
(b) No memory.
(c) No future.
(d) Nothing else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Keith relate to Amy in Section 2, Chapter 27?

2. Who asks Dorrigo to look after Amy while he is away on business in Section 2, Chapter 10?

3. What word from Section 2 refers to a violent and noisy commotion or uproar?

4. What part of the human anatomy does Colonel Kota always observe when he meets new people?

5. Where has Jackie Maguire's wife taken a train in Dorrigo's memory in Section 1, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Section 2, Colonel Kota pulls Nakamura close and utters a few choked words, including “men” and “love.” Kota then “hoped he had been misunderstood.” What has been shared in this exchange?

5. Whose 18th century death poem does Dorrigo contemplate in Section 1, Chapter 10? What is remarked about the poem?

6. How does Amy describe the beginning of her relationship with Keith in Section 2, Chapter 20?

7. 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?

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

9. How is the character of Tiny Middleton described in Section 3, Chapter 1? What do the other prisoners think of Tiny?

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

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