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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dorrigo find Jack Rainbow's wife working when he reaches her home in Section 4, Chapter 11?
(a) In the dairy shed.
(b) In the nursery.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the schoolhouse next door.

2. What health problem does Nakamura discover he has developed in Section 5, Chapter 1?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Throat cancer.
(d) Prostate cancer.

3. Sato points out that the founder of what organization was guilty of war crimes in Section 4, Chapter 9?
(a) The Japan Finance Corporation.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) Shoko Chukin Bank.
(d) The Japan Blood Bank.

4. What does Dorrigo do when he encounters a roadblock leading into Fern Tree in Section 5, Chapter 11?
(a) He turns around and goes home.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He drives through it.

5. Where is Dorrigo walking across a bridge when Section 5, Chapter 9 opens?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Sydney.

6. What do the former POWs do with the fish stolen from the fish shop in Section 4, Chapter 5?
(a) They release them into the bay.
(b) They cook them for dinner.
(c) They dump them in a friend's front yard.
(d) They sell them on the black market.

7. What was the Goanna found guilty of during his trial in Section 4?
(a) Stealing from the government.
(b) Murder and ill-treatment of prisoners.
(c) Acts of a traitorous nature.
(d) Rape and murder.

8. Where does Dorrigo have a speaking engagement in Section 5, Chapter 11?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Melbourne.

9. What are the names of Dorrigo's and Ella's daughters?
(a) Christina and Marie.
(b) Sarah and Michelle.
(c) Jessica and Mary.
(d) Andrea and Ellen.

10. How does Lizard Brancussi commit suicide in Section 4, Chapter 4?
(a) He hangs himself.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He drowns himself.
(d) He overdoses on pills.

11. What does Tom reveal about Jackie Maguire's wife in Section 5, Chapter 8?
(a) She was never married to Jackie.
(b) She had been pregnant with Tom's baby when she ran away.
(c) She had killed her parents.
(d) She had left Jackie for a man in England.

12. What is the name of the nurse that Nakamura befriends in Section 4, Chapter 9?
(a) Aiko Ishimoto.
(b) Ikuko Kawabata.
(c) Kameyo Sato.
(d) Lynette Maison.

13. What year is it when Nakamura gives up his false identity in Section 4, Chapter 10?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

14. As he dies in Section 5, Chapter 17, Dorrigo utters a final sentence. What does he intend to say?
(a) Hail to the Chief.
(b) Goodbye, my love.
(c) Boots and Saddles.
(d) Charge the windmill.

15. Who awakens Darky when he passes out in the beginning of Section 3, Chapter 14?
(a) Rooster MacNeice.
(b) Major Nakamura.
(c) Colonel Kota.
(d) Dorrigo Evans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorrigo offer to take to Jack Rainbow's widow in Section 4, Chapter 11?

2. What is the young Japanese prostitute referred to as in Section 4, Chapter 1?

3. Who is Amy walking with when Dorrigo sees her in Section 5, Chapter 9?

4. Where is Jimmy Bigelow when he dies in Section 5, Chapter 14?

5. Years after his time at the POW camp, Jimmy Bigelow always insists that his children do what a specific way?

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