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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 does Jack Rainbow's widow unexpectedly ask Dorrigo if he believes in, in Section 4, Chapter 12?
(a) God.
(b) Love.
(c) Fate.
(d) War.

2. What is the river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld?
(a) The Odyssey River.
(b) The River Styx.
(c) The River Lethe.
(d) The Celadon River.

3. What is the name of Dorrigo's and Ella's son?
(a) James.
(b) Gerald.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Peter.

4. Who is the prisoner that finds Darky collapsed near the camp in Section 3, Chapter 16?
(a) Dorrigo.
(b) Shugs.
(c) Jack.
(d) Rooster.

5. Why does Lizard Brancussi become devastated when he calls his girlfriend after the war in Section 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Because she hangs up on him.
(b) Because she tells him she hates him.
(c) Because he learns she has died.
(d) Because another man answers the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical attribute of Ella's does Dorrigo dislike?

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

3. As he dies in Section 5, Chapter 17, Dorrigo utters a final sentence. What does he intend to say?

4. What does Jack Rainbow's widow do with Dorrigo's delivery after he departs in Section 4, Chapter 13?

5. What offense does Dorrigo accuse the Goanna of having committed in Section 3, Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the prisoners react when they are forced to watch as Darky Gardiner is killed in Section 3, Chapters 20-21?

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

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

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

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

7. What prevents Rooster MacNeice from speaking up for Darky in Section 3, Chapter 19?

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

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. 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?

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