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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. When Jean and the Bowens pass by the tree where Joe had been nailed, what do they see?
(a) Malay women gossiping
(b) the nail holes still visible
(c) only the stump of the tree
(d) a plaque in honor of Joe

2. What prevents Jean from spending a lot of time at Midhurst?
(a) the shop is too busy
(b) the rural code of morals
(c) she has no transportation
(d) Joe is away a great deal of the time

3. How many girls does Small think would work regularly for £5 a week in a shoe factory?
(a) 3 or 4 immediately
(b) 6 or 7 immediately
(c) 20 or 30 immediately
(d) 9 or 10 after they are trained

4. What does Strachan research about Jean's ancestors?
(a) to make sure she has no living relatives
(b) to make sure there are no Harmans included
(c) to make sure she came from Australian stock
(d) to make sure she is the rightful heir

5. Who is Lily?
(a) Joe Hamand's sister
(b) a young blue and white wallaby
(c) Joe Hamand's favorite dog
(d) the cook at Midhurst

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean write to Mr. Strachan about her plans?

2. Why do townspeople hope that Jean will put in a shoe manufacturing business?

3. What does Strachan send to Jean in Willstown?

4. What is the bore?

5. What report does Sugamo receive about Harman after the women have left?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on at Midhurst when news arrives about Don Curtis' disappearance?

2. Why does Jean stay outside the bar while Joe and Whelan discuss leasing agreements with the Shire Clerk?

3. What is the bore and what use do the people make of it?

4. Why are reporters waiting around the airport at Darwin?

5. What consideration do both Jean and Joe have about each other?

6. After confiding with the Sawyers her real reason for looking up Joe Harman, what is Jean's denial?

7. Describe the outback custom Jean learns that shows her determination to fit in and settle there.

8. What does Jean discover about Harman in Alice Springs?

9. Explain what Jean learns on her trip to Kuala Telang to have a well dug for the women there.

10. Why does Jean fly to Australia?

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