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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. How many prisoners are missing from the work station when the soldiers first count them in Section 3, Chapter 19?
(a) 21.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

2. Where is Dorrigo walking across a bridge when Section 5, Chapter 9 opens?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Sydney.

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

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

5. Where does Nakamura interview for a job in Section 4, Chapter 10?
(a) The Japan Blood Bank.
(b) Shoko Chukin Bank.
(c) The World Health Organization.
(d) The Japan Finance Corporation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Goanna's name revealed to be in Section 4, Chapter 3?

2. What does Ella announce about Dorrigo to friends in Section 5, Chapter 6?

3. 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?

4. What is the river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld?

5. What is the name of Dorrigo's and Ella's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discovered when Colonel Kota orders the prisoners to be counted in Section 3, Chapter 19?

2. Where do Jimmy Bigelow and other former POWs go to pay homage to Darky Gardiner after the war in Section 4, Chapter 5? What do they do?

3. How is the setting of Chagi's P Hall described in Section 4, Chapter 8?

4. How are the lives of the POWs described after they return home from the war in Section 4, Chapter 4?

5. How is Nakamura's death described in Section 5, Chapter 5? What final haiku has he written?

6. How does John Menadue describe his visit to Les Whittle's widow in Section 4, Chapter 11?

7. What does Tomokawa remark about the war and the treatment of prisoners in Section 5, Chapter 5?

8. What decision must Dorrigo make regarding Jack Rainbow in Section 3, Chapter 17? What does he decide?

9. Where does Nakamura apply for a job in Section 4, Chapter 10? Who hires him?

10. Where and how does Darky Gardiner encounter Rooster MacNeice in Section 3, Chapter 14?

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