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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 are Jean and Harman finally reunited?
(a) at the construction site in Willstown
(b) at the airport in Cairns
(c) at the train station in Rockhampton
(d) on the dock at Brisbane

2. What occurs with baby Robin after the other Holland children all die?
(a) he prefers to stay with Jean
(b) he returns to Eileen
(c) he gets a fever but survives
(d) he starts to walk

3. How does Jean classify her time during World War II?
(a) as a tutor for Japanese children
(b) as carefree in Hong Kong
(c) as a sort of prisoner of war
(d) as a housemaid for a Japanese general

4. What do the women find when they reach the highway at Maran?
(a) a convoy of Japanese soldiers
(b) more women walking to Kuantan
(c) an American prisoner working on a truck
(d) two white men working under a Japanese truck

5. How does Jean travel across central Australia?
(a) in a non-air conditioned bus
(b) in a truck delivering supplies
(c) on a slow moving train
(d) in a Dragonfly, on a mail and passenger run

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?

2. Why does Mrs. Horsefall cede leadership of the group to Jean?

3. Who is Joe Popcock that Jean meets at her hotel while talking to the ringers?

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

5. Who tells Jean about the land as they pass through?

(see the answer key)

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