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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 is the feeling at the time the Japanese first arrive in Malaya?
(a) they are safe because the British troops are in Kuala Lumpur
(b) they are safe because of the surrounding mountains
(c) they are safe because the Japanese only want the coast
(d) they are safe because the government complies

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

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

4. What happens to Ellen Forbes?
(a) she marries a Japanese soldier
(b) she gets pregnant
(c) she comes down with malaria
(d) she disappears

5. What angers Capt. Sugamo at Kuantan?
(a) some of his sake has gone missing
(b) the trucks arrive way past schedule
(c) five of his black leghorn chickens are missing
(d) he does not know what to do with women prisoners

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the somewhat odd thing Jean wants to do first with her money?

2. What is the length of Jean's funds being held in trust?

3. Why does Jean hardly remember her late uncle?

4. What does Jean Paget present to Strachan when she arrives in his office?

5. What does Jean buy at Ayer Penchis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the group stays in Kuala Telang?

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

3. Why is headman Mat Amin bin Taib surprised at Jean's request for food?

4. How does the real story of the novel begin?

5. Explain how Jean becomes the leader of the group.

6. What does Strachan do that hints at the fact he has more than a solicitor-client interest in Jean Paget?

7. Who is the first casualty of the march and what effect does it have on the children.

8. What do they have to do to get to Kuantan?

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

10. When they finally come to a paved road, who do the women meet?

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