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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Strachan take Jean at the conclusion of their first visit?
(a) to a performance at the Paladium
(b) to look for a new flat for her
(c) to dinner at his club
(d) to the National Museum

2. Who does Jean describe as a fair-haired, powerfully built man speaking slowly with a drawl?
(a) Sgt. Joe Harman
(b) Cpl. Ben Leggett
(c) Sgt. Marion York
(d) Pvt. Jack Hammand

3. Why does Jean hardly remember her late uncle?
(a) she knew him only from photographs
(b) no one knew where Macfadden was
(c) her family was the black sheep
(d) she only saw him once when she was a girl

4. What does Harman say about the town of Willstown now that Jean is there?
(a) it will need a railroad line soon
(b) it will never change no matter what she brings in
(c) it will soon be as good as Alice Springs
(d) it will be where they build a house

5. How is some of the hot water used?
(a) to sterilize dishes inthe hotel
(b) to run a generator
(c) to bottle and sell in sydney
(d) in a concrete pool inside a hut

Short Answer Questions

1. When telling Jean about Donald, what does Strachan try to do?

2. How does Jean travel to Alice Springs?

3. Visiting Cairns, a prosperous town of some 2,000, what does Jean find waiting for her?

4. What is amusing in the idea that he cannot believe she has survived three weeks in Willstown?

5. After another day on the mail plane, where does Jean end up?

(see the answer key)

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