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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Dorrigo taken medicine for in the beginning of Section 1, Chapter 6?
(a) An angina attack.
(b) A stomach ulcer.
(c) An epileptic seizure.
(d) A migraine.

2. Where does Dorrigo first meet Amy in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) In an ice-cream parlor.
(b) In a bookstore.
(c) In a pub.
(d) In a restaurant.

3. Who shoots the pilot in Section 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Rooster McNeice.
(b) Jack Rainbow.
(c) Jimmy Bigelow.
(d) Rabbit Hendricks.

4. Who are Amy and Keith playing cards with in Section 2, Chapter 25?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Williams.
(c) The Robertsons.
(d) The Andersons.

5. Who rouses the POW camp each morning by playing the bugle?
(a) Major Nakamura.
(b) Jimmy Bigelow.
(c) Rabbit Hendricks.
(d) Keith Mulvaney.

6. Who takes the sketchbook that falls out of the fire in Section 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Jack Rainbow.
(b) Rooster MacNeice.
(c) Dorrigo Evans.
(d) Colonel Kota.

7. What does Dorrigo learn after talking with Amy in the end of Section 2, Chapter 26?
(a) He is accepted to medical school.
(b) He will be shipping out immediately.
(c) He has inherited his father's estate.
(d) He will be married in June.

8. Which of the men with Dorrigo and Darky is an artist that sketches in his sketchbook as the men await orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Rabbit Hendricks.
(b) Jack Rainbow.
(c) Jackie Maguire.
(d) Jimmy Bigelow.

9. Where does Amy get scratched while at the beach in Section 2, Chapter 17?
(a) On her thigh.
(b) On her ankle.
(c) On her wrist.
(d) On her back.

10. Whom had Dorrigo seen kissing Jackie Maguire's wife before she disappeared in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Tom.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Darky.
(d) Jimmy.

11. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Marie.
(c) Amy.
(d) Ella.

12. What news does Keith relate to Amy in Section 2, Chapter 27?
(a) That her mother has died.
(b) That he is filing for divorce.
(c) That the war has ended.
(d) That Dorrigo was killed in a POW camp.

13. Where are Dorrigo and his men marched after they surrender in Section 1, Chapter 14?
(a) To Outram Road Prison.
(b) To Changi Prison.
(c) To Bilibid Prison.
(d) To Blakang Mati.

14. Who wrote the poem "Ulysses" that Dorrigo describes memorizing to recite to his brother in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Percy Shelley.

15. Who collapses during work in Section 3, Chapter 10?
(a) Rabbit Hendricks.
(b) Darky Gardiner.
(c) Keith Mulvaney.
(d) Rooster MacNeice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dorrigo arrive and plan to spend time with Ella in Section 2, Chapter 6?

2. How old is Amy in Section 2, Chapter 10?

3. Who dies, leaving Dorrigo as the commanding officer among the prisoners in Section 1, Chapter 16?

4. How old is Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 4?

5. How much time has passed since Dorrigo left to fight in the war in Section 2, Chapter 27?

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