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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. Who dies, leaving Dorrigo as the commanding officer among the prisoners in Section 1, Chapter 16?
(a) Colonel Rexroth.
(b) Darky Gardiner.
(c) Major Nakamura.
(d) Colonel Kota.

2. What is the name of the pub where Dorrigo discovers Amy tending bar in Section 2, Chapter 6?
(a) The Green Door.
(b) The Duke of Worcester.
(c) The White Horse Tavern.
(d) The King of Cornwall.

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

4. What major event occurs at the end of Section 2, Chapter 27?
(a) The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
(b) The pub explodes.
(c) The war ends.
(d) Ella gets married.

5. How many Tasmanian machine gunners are in Sergeant Darky Gardiner's group when Dorrigo encounters them in Section 1, Chapter 12?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed since the night that Jackie Maguire came to Dorrigo's family's home when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?

2. Which of Darky's men finds the coffee as the men await orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?

3. Who is the translator that translates orders from Japanese to English for Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 4?

4. Where do Dorrigo and Amy go together in Section 2, Chapter 10?

5. By whom have Dorrigo and the others been taken prisoner in Section 1, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose 18th century death poem does Dorrigo contemplate in Section 1, Chapter 10? What is remarked about the poem?

2. What infraction leads to Darky Gardiner being beaten in Section 3, Chapter 4?

3. What does Dorrigo observe at the prison camp with English prisoners in Section 1 of the novel?

4. How has Darky Gardiner come into possession of a duck egg in Section 3, Chapter 1?

5. What internal conflicts does Dorrigo face in Section 2, Chapter 5?

6. How are Dorrigo's circumstances described in Section 1, Chapter 11? What is Dorrigo's position?

7. What do Dorrigo and his men do while awaiting orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?

8. What does Colonel Kota remark about the act of beheading in Section 2, Chapter 16?

9. What is the "Book of Souls" that is mentioned in The Narrow Road to the Deep North?

10. How would you describe the setting where Dorrigo grows up?

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