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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. What are the prisoners ordered to retrieve from the mud in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) A truck.
(b) A mule.
(c) A tank.
(d) A canoe.

2. Who encouraged Amy to have an abortion when she became pregnant out of wedlock?
(a) Jack.
(b) Keith.
(c) Darky.
(d) Dorrigo.

3. Where is Dorrigo as he awaits orders in the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Launceston.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Adelaide.

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

5. By whom have Dorrigo and the others been taken prisoner in Section 1, Chapter 11?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The French.
(d) The Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman in bed with Dorrigo in Section 1, Chapter 6?

2. What does Keith tell Amy he should have done on their ride home in Section 2, Chapter 25?

3. Why is Sergeant Darky Gardiner's group of machine gunners stranded when Dorrigo encounters them in Section 1, Chapter 12?

4. What book is Rooster MacNeice memorizing in order to keep his mind sharp in Section 3, Chapter 3?

5. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 1? What is he doing in this setting?

2. What is Dorrigo's familial relationship with Keith and Amy Mulvaney?

3. How would you describe the language style of The Narrow Road to the Deep North?

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

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

6. How does the author depict the Japanese viewpoint of surrender in Section 1, Chapter 14?

7. What personality trait stands out the most in Dorrigo's character from the beginning of the novel?

8. What is the significance of Rabbit's sketchbook in the novel? What happens to the sketchbook when Rabbit dies in Section 3?

9. In Section 2, Colonel Kota pulls Nakamura close and utters a few choked words, including “men” and “love.” Kota then “hoped he had been misunderstood.” What has been shared in this exchange?

10. How does Amy describe the beginning of her relationship with Keith in Section 2, Chapter 20?

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