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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. Who does Jean describe as a fair-haired, powerfully built man speaking slowly with a drawl?
(a) Pvt. Jack Hammand
(b) Sgt. Joe Harman
(c) Sgt. Marion York
(d) Cpl. Ben Leggett

2. How does Ferris describe Donal Macfadden?
(a) as a trouble maker and difficult patient
(b) as burned almost beyond recognition
(c) as a delicate, popular, and multi-lingual lieutenant
(d) as a man who fought unsuccessfully to live

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By Asahan, how many of the women have died?

3. What is Mrs. Frith's suggestion for the group?

4. How does Harman get the supplies Jean asks for?

5. Where does Strachan take Jean at the conclusion of their first visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the group stays in Kuala Telang?

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

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

4. What is Jean's reaction to the news of her inheritance?

5. Briefly describe what happens after the Japanese arrive.

6. What hope is held out for their removal to Kuantan?

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

8. What is lacking in Jean's education that Strachan enjoys supplementing?

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

10. What is Eileen Holland's attitude when her daughter Jane dies?

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