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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld?
(a) The River Lethe.
(b) The Odyssey River.
(c) The River Styx.
(d) The Celadon River.

3. From whom does Dorrigo receive a letter at the POW camp in Section 5, Chapter 18?
(a) Ella.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Lynette.
(d) Amy.

4. What health problem does Dorrigo learn that Tom has recently experienced in Section 5, Chapter 8?
(a) Tom recently had a stroke.
(b) Tom has developed polio.
(c) Tom was in a motorcycle accident.
(d) Tom recently had a heart attack.

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

6. How is Nakamura's death haiku related?
(a) Holding back the night, with its increasing brilliance, the summer moon.
(b) On a journey, ill; my dream goes wandering, over withered fields.
(c) Bitter winds of winter, but later, river willow, open up your buds.
(d) Winter ice, melts into clean water, clear is my heart.

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

8. Where is Nakamura living in the beginning of Section 4, Chapter 1?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Nagoya.
(d) Funabashi.

9. 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 Japan Blood Bank.
(c) Shoko Chukin Bank.
(d) The Red Cross.

10. Who tells Dorrigo that he must choose 100 men to send to another camp in Section 5, Chapter 16?
(a) Major Ishimoto.
(b) Major Nakamura.
(c) Major Sato.
(d) Colonel Kota.

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

12. Where is Jimmy Bigelow when he dies in Section 5, Chapter 14?
(a) His daughter's house.
(b) In church.
(c) A nursing home.
(d) His son's house.

13. 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.

14. What year is it when Ella plans for a week's visit with her sister in Section 5, Chapter 8?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

15. What offense does Dorrigo accuse the Goanna of having committed in Section 3, Chapter 21?
(a) Demeaning his rank as an officer.
(b) Selling stolen goods to prisoners.
(c) Murder.
(d) Stealing medicine from the medic tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to urge Darky to get up and work before the soldiers return and beat him in Section 3, Chapter 15?

2. What word from Section 3 refers to a person who leads an austerely simple life dedicated to the pursuit of contemplative ideals?

3. What is the name of Dorrigo's and Ella's son?

4. What is the Goanna's name revealed to be in Section 4, Chapter 3?

5. How does Jack Rainbow die in Section 3, Chapter 18?

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