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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 object is buried with Amy when she dies?
(a) The pearl necklace.
(b) Her diary.
(c) The diamond ring.
(d) Rabbit's sketchbook.

2. What does Colonel Kota plan to do when he sees Darky in Section 3, Chapter 15?
(a) He plans to shoot him.
(b) He plans to stab him.
(c) He plans to behead him.
(d) He plans to hang him.

3. How does Jack's widow's second husband die, according to the narrator in Section 4, Chapter 13?
(a) He is shot by a robber.
(b) He is hit by a drunk driver.
(c) He is hung by the state.
(d) He is killed in a tractor accident.

4. According to the narrator in Section 5, Chapter 10, where was Amy when the pub exploded?
(a) At church.
(b) In the pub's basement.
(c) At the beach.
(d) In the pub's attic.

5. What does Nakamura see on the table in the room with the young prostitute in Section 4, Chapter 1?
(a) Opium.
(b) Guns.
(c) Food.
(d) Piles of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorrigo offer to take to Jack Rainbow's widow in Section 4, Chapter 11?

2. Years after his time at the POW camp, Jimmy Bigelow always insists that his children do what a specific way?

3. Who tells Dorrigo that he must choose 100 men to send to another camp in Section 5, Chapter 16?

4. Where is Ella visiting her sister in Section 5, Chapter 8?

5. What do the former POWs do with the fish stolen from the fish shop in Section 4, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dorrigo's visit with Jack Rainbow's widow described in Section 4, Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Nakamura enters the room with the prostitute in Section 4, Chapter 2?

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