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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 does Lizard Brancussi commit suicide in Section 4, Chapter 4?
(a) He hangs himself.
(b) He overdoses on pills.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He drowns himself.

2. What does Rooster discover in his bag in Section 3, Chapter 25?
(a) A can of condensed milk.
(b) Rabbit's sketchbook.
(c) A cherry pastry.
(d) His duck egg.

3. What does Nakamura hit the Goanna with in Section 3, Chapter 21?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A rock.
(c) A whip.
(d) An axe handle.

4. What does Sato say he witnessed during the war in Section 4, Chapter 9?
(a) He witnessed a doctor performing a live dissection.
(b) He witnessed the deaths at Hiroshima.
(c) He witnessed the beheadings of one thousand prisoners.
(d) He witnessed the rise of Hitler in Germany.

5. With whom does Amy live in Section 5, Chapter 10?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Dorrigo arrive home from the war in Section 4, Chapter 7?

2. Where is Nakamura living in the beginning of Section 4, Chapter 1?

3. Who is the only one of Nakamura's "old comrades" that he has stayed in touch with regularly in Section 5, Chapter 2?

4. By what method are the Goanna and other prisoners executed?

5. Where is Darky Gardiner's body found in Section 3, Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What circumstances does the Goanna face in Section 4, Chapter 3?

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

3. How is the significance of Jimmy Bigelow's bugle revealed in Section 5, Chapter 14? What happens to the bugle?

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

5. Whom does Nakamura pay a visit to in Section 5, Chapter 2? Why?

6. Where is Nakamura living in the beginning of Section 4, Chapter 1? How are his circumstances described?

7. How are Dorrigo's relationships with his wife and children described in Section 5, Chapter 6?

8. How is Dorrigo's death described in Section 5, Chapter 17? Where does he die?

9. What stops Colonel Kota from beheading Darky in Section 3, Chapter 15?

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

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