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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ellen Forbes?
(a) she gets pregnant
(b) she comes down with malaria
(c) she disappears
(d) she marries a Japanese soldier

2. After landing her job in 1939, how long does Jean work?
(a) one year
(b) two years
(c) six months
(d) 18 months

3. For what do they conclude Joe Harman had given them reason to hope?
(a) that their one guard would leave them alone
(b) that they might find other kind people
(c) that they will again see homes and husbands
(d) that they would not be punished for stealing

4. What does Jean learn at an early age that is very helpful to her during the war?
(a) to speak Japanese
(b) to speak Malay
(c) to survive off the land
(d) to give first aid

5. What is the Casket?
(a) the mail plane to Queensland
(b) the slang name for Willstown
(c) the combination hotel and mortuary
(d) the Australian lottery

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean learn from Strachan?

2. What effect does Jean's letter have on Strachan?

3. In the hospital, how had Joe referred to Jean Paget?

4. Where was the legacy to go originally?

5. Why does Jean sit on the steps outside the bar while Whelan seals the contract with the Shire Clerk?

(see the answer key)

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