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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sato say he witnessed during the war in Section 4, Chapter 9?
(a) He witnessed the beheadings of one thousand prisoners.
(b) He witnessed a doctor performing a live dissection.
(c) He witnessed the rise of Hitler in Germany.
(d) He witnessed the deaths at Hiroshima.

2. Where does Nakamura interview for a job in Section 4, Chapter 10?
(a) The Japan Finance Corporation.
(b) Shoko Chukin Bank.
(c) The Japan Blood Bank.
(d) The World Health Organization.

3. According to the narrator in Section 5, Chapter 10, where was Amy when the pub exploded?
(a) In the pub's attic.
(b) At church.
(c) In the pub's basement.
(d) At the beach.

4. What does the Greek man who owns the fish shop do when the POWs go to apologize in Section 4, Chapter 6?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He invites them for a meal.
(c) He sends for his lawyer.
(d) He hits them with a broom.

5. What is the name of the ferryman in Greek mythology that rows people across to the Underworld?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Pyrrhus.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Charon.

6. Who interviews Nakamura for a job in Section 4, Chapter 10?
(a) Keith Mulvaney.
(b) Colonel Kota.
(c) Lieutenant Fukuhara.
(d) Dorrigo Evans.

7. 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.

8. When did World War II end?
(a) January 12, 1946.
(b) July 7, 1947.
(c) September 2, 1945.
(d) March 13, 1945.

9. What does Colonel Kota plan to do when he sees Darky in Section 3, Chapter 15?
(a) He plans to behead him.
(b) He plans to shoot him.
(c) He plans to hang him.
(d) He plans to stab him.

10. Who is Amy walking with when Dorrigo sees her in Section 5, Chapter 9?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An older woman.
(c) Two little girls.
(d) A tall young man.

11. What is the Goanna's name revealed to be in Section 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Tadashi Hanaya.
(b) Park Chung-hee.
(c) Choi Sang-min.
(d) Hiroshi Takeuchi.

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

13. By what method are the Goanna and other prisoners executed?
(a) Lethal injection.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Firing squad.

14. What does Nakamura hit the Goanna with in Section 3, Chapter 21?
(a) A whip.
(b) A shovel.
(c) An axe handle.
(d) A rock.

15. What is described in the newspaper clipping enclosed in Dorrigo's letter in Section 5, Chapter 18?
(a) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(b) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
(c) The explosion at Keith's pub.
(d) The death of Ella's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lizard Brancussi commit suicide in Section 4, Chapter 4?

2. What does Dorrigo do when he encounters a roadblock leading into Fern Tree in Section 5, Chapter 11?

3. Who do the former POWs recall having told them about the tank at the fish shop in Section 4, Chapter 5?

4. Who orders the soldiers to count the prisoners in Section 3, Chapter 19?

5. What does Jack Rainbow's widow unexpectedly ask Dorrigo if he believes in, in Section 4, Chapter 12?

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