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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the young Japanese prostitute referred to as in Section 4, Chapter 1?

2. What does Sato say he witnessed during the war in Section 4, Chapter 9?

3. What does the Greek man who owns the fish shop do when the POWs go to apologize in Section 4, Chapter 6?

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

5. Where is the Goanna held before his execution in Section 4, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dorrigo’s actions, objectives, and obstacles as he attempts to perform surgery on Jack Rainbow in the reading. What are the struggles that Dorrigo faces as a result of not having adequate medical equipment? Do you think that if Dorrigo had proper medical equipment that Jack would have lived?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters of Major Nakamura and Colonel Kota in the novel. How are Kota and Nakamura similar? How are they different? What are the overall objectives of each of these characters?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the characters of Dorrigo and Tom Evans in the novel. How old is Dorrigo in his first memory? What importance do you think this recollection has to the plot of the novel? What is Dorrigo’s relationship like with Tom? How do both of these characters evolve in the course of the narrative?

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