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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the essence of Capt. Yoniata's lecture to the prisoners?
(a) they will be executed at dawn
(b) how Japan will conquer the world
(c) they should all learn Japanese language
(d) obeying orders and doing good things

2. What does Jean ask Harman if he can get for them?
(a) a ride on one of the Japanese trucks
(b) good rice and a place to sleep
(c) Glauber's salts, quinine, and something for skin rashes
(d) some fresh water and fruit

3. Why is it now easier for Jean to arrange food and shelter at the village?
(a) the people speak English
(b) the group is much smaller
(c) the villagers think they are Japanese
(d) there is no headman

4. Why is the Japanese sergeant disgraced?
(a) because he allowed Harman to steal the chickens
(b) because he abused the women prisoners
(c) because he was asleep on duty
(d) because he tried to cover up the theft of the chickens

5. With her principle invested, how much will Jean receive annually?
(a) £900 after taxes
(b) £1,550 after taxes
(c) £4000 after taxes
(d) £100 after taxes

6. Who is in the photograph Jean finds and shows to the dying sergeant?
(a) a beautiful Japanese woman
(b) the Emperor of Japan
(c) children playing on a beach
(d) a woman and four children

7. How do Jean and Mrs. Horsefall manage to communicate with the Japanese?
(a) charades
(b) hand signals
(c) speaking Malay
(d) an English/Japanese dictionary

8. What do the villagers at Temerloh give what is left of the group?
(a) sarongs and blankets
(b) bread and water
(c) rice and fish
(d) fresh fruit and more medicine

9. Up to this point in her life, what is it Jean doubts she will ever do?
(a) shop at Harrod's
(b) see the Queen
(c) buy a small house
(d) marry, attend university, or travel

10. Who shows up to berate the sergeant for not marching farther?
(a) Gen. Hiromoto
(b) Col. Nagasaki
(c) Maj. Ichikawa
(d) Capt. Yoniata

11. Why do the Japanese agree to let the women stay and work in the fields?
(a) it will give them time to find a truck
(b) it will produce more rice for them
(c) it will make it easier to guard them
(d) it will teach them a lesson about obedience

12. Because of his punishment, what does the religious Mrs. Frith decide about Joe Harman?
(a) that he was another Moses
(b) that he must have sinned
(c) that he is a second Christ
(d) that he was sent by God

13. What does Dr. Ferris say relieved a bit of the grimness of Camp 206?
(a) the entertainments brought in
(b) the fresh water from a natural spring
(c) the beauty of Three Pagodas Pass
(d) the gentle rain in the area

14. What is the somewhat odd thing Jean wants to do first with her money?
(a) return to Malaya and dig a well
(b) go shopping in Paris
(c) visit Alice Springs, Australia
(d) buy her own cottage

15. Who is Mat Amin bin Taib?
(a) the headman at Kuala Telang
(b) a Japanese interpreter
(c) an escaped prisoner who has seen their husbands
(d) a Malay provencial governor

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the unusual situation of the women when the sergeant dies?

2. What happens to Ellen Forbes?

3. How long does Jean say the women stayed in Kuala Telang?

4. For what do they conclude Joe Harman had given them reason to hope?

5. How does Jean Paget think about Harman had they met under other circumstances?

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