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

2. Who is among the witnesses against the Goanna during his trial?
(a) Major Nakamura.
(b) Ikuko Kawabata.
(c) Colonel Kota.
(d) Kameyo Sato.

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?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The English.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Italians.

4. What physical attribute of Ella's does Dorrigo dislike?
(a) Her large eyes.
(b) Her long chin.
(c) Her thin lips.
(d) Her upturned nose.

5. What is the Goanna's name revealed to be in Section 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Choi Sang-min.
(b) Tadashi Hanaya.
(c) Park Chung-hee.
(d) Hiroshi Takeuchi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Dorrigo's and Ella's daughters?

2. What is the name of Jimmy Bigelow's daughter who asks him about the war in Section 5, Chapter 14?

3. What song does Jimmy Bigelow play for his daughter when she asks about the war in Section 5, Chapter 14?

4. From whom does Dorrigo receive a letter at the POW camp in Section 5, Chapter 18?

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How are Nakamura's circumstances described in Section 4, Chapter 9? Where does he work?

10. How are Dorrigo's circumstances described in Section 5, Chapter 3?

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