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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they encounter as they walk through the swamps?
(a) elephants, tigers, and wasps
(b) places where the water is waist deep
(c) Japanese ambushes
(d) snakes, crocodiles, and mosquitoes

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. Who are the prisoners being held by the Japanese?
(a) two Canadians
(b) two Britains
(c) two Americans
(d) two Australians

4. Beyond the annual trust funds, what is Strachan authorized to do for Jean?
(a) he can reinvest her basic funds
(b) he can release some of her principle
(c) he can help her get bank loans
(d) he can adjust the amount for inflation

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jean describe as a fair-haired, powerfully built man speaking slowly with a drawl?

3. What chore does Jean take on on the way to Bakri?

4. Now, after her inheritance, why does Jean want to return to Kuala Telang?

5. Why is the Japanese sergeant disgraced?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shute show there is compassion among the Japanese?

2. What is the Japanese solution for dealing with the women and children?

3. Describe the historical situation that brings about Jean's unusual history?

4. How do Jean and the group she is with get captured by the Japanese?

5. Explain the disappearance of Ellen Forbes.

6. When the group reaches the northeast coast of Malaya, what helps the women?

7. Describe where the group stays in Kuala Telang?

8. Why and how is Jean able to do something special for the women and children?

9. Describe how Jean Paget becomes the heir to Douglas Macfadden's estate.

10. How does Jean show up in Strachan's office?

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