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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who exits the large Customs launch Jean hopes will take her to singapore?
(a) Japanese soldiers
(b) Japanese sympathizers
(c) prisoners of war
(d) her father

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

3. What is the unusual situation of the women when the sergeant dies?
(a) they are prisoners without a guard
(b) they are afraid because there is no protection
(c) they must decide where to go next on their own
(d) they can escape but do not know where to go

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

5. What doe the soldiers do in Kuala Panong?
(a) confiscate jewelry
(b) remove the children from their parents
(c) lock the women and children in a cellar
(d) shoot the men

6. Why does Jean miss the evacuation to Singapore?
(a) the car breaks down on the way
(b) she does not get the message
(c) the ship to Singapore never arrives
(d) the Japanese arrive earlier than expected

7. What does Jean begin wearing?
(a) some military pants
(b) a sarong
(c) a grass skirt
(d) Bermuda shorts

8. What does Jean learn from Strachan?
(a) she has inherited £1,550
(b) she has inherited a plantation in Malaya
(c) she has inherited £53,000
(d) she has inherited a homestead in Scotland

9. Why is it easy for Jean to get a job in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) she is very attractive
(b) her father has great connections
(c) she has a master's degree
(d) there are few English girls who can speak Malay

10. Who gives them homemade medicine for the dengue fever?
(a) Mrs. Frith
(b) the headman in Mentri
(c) the Japanese
(d) the Red Cross

11. What does Jean assure Mat Amin bin Taib the women no longer need?
(a) the Japanese guard
(b) rice and fish soup
(c) the luxuries of white mems
(d) soap and water

12. How had the women been carrying Ben collard?
(a) on a travois
(b) on a litter
(c) on their backs
(d) in a small wagon

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

14. Why does the lawyer Strachan not remember Douglas Macfadden at first?
(a) he has been in ill health for many years
(b) he thinks the old man has hired another firm
(c) he loses touch with clients after his wife dies
(d) he never travels again to Scotland

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the photograph Jean finds and shows to the dying sergeant?

2. Where is the women's next stop after Harman's crucifixion?

3. What helps clear up some of their skin diseases?

4. Why does Douglas Macfadden want his legacy set up as a trust for his surviving relative?

5. What prevents Jean from receiving the inheritance immediately?

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