View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack Rainbow's widow do with Dorrigo's delivery after he departs in Section 4, Chapter 13?
(a) She buries it in the yard.
(b) She hangs it on the wall.
(c) She puts it in the attic.
(d) She throws it into the fire.

2. 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.

3. What does the Greek man who owns the fish shop do when the POWs go to apologize in Section 4, Chapter 6?
(a) He invites them for a meal.
(b) He sends for his lawyer.
(c) He hits them with a broom.
(d) He calls the police.

4. Who has given up his dream of being a musician after the war in Section 4, Chapter 5?
(a) Darky Gardiner.
(b) Jack Rainbow.
(c) Rooster MacNeice.
(d) Jimmy Bigelow.

5. When does Dorrigo arrive home from the war in Section 4, Chapter 7?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Nakamura's death haiku related?

2. Who do the former POWs recall having told them about the tank at the fish shop in Section 4, Chapter 5?

3. What does the Goanna consider asking about as he is prepared for execution in Section 4, Chapter 8?

4. How many children does Jack Rainbow's widow say she and Jack had in Section 4, Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the Goanna feel about his past actions in Section 4, Chapter 3?

7. How are Nakamura's circumstances described in Section 5, Chapter 1?

8. What are Amy's current circumstances like in Section 5, Chapter 10?

9. What information does the reader learn about Amy's past in Section 5, Chapter 10? How did Amy avoid getting killed at the pub?

10. What happens when Dorrigo departs the home of Jack Rainbow's widow in Section 4, Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 994 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample