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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does George King, an American traveler, who come to ask?
(a) Ned.
(b) Work.
(c) A horse.
(d) Grog.

2. At the trail what does Ned refuse to do?
(a) Tell the truth.
(b) Testify against his family.
(c) Get himself thrown in jail.
(d) Speak.

3. What eventually happens to Ned?
(a) He dies from old age in prison.
(b) He is hanged.
(c) He is set free.
(d) He escapes.

4. Who does Annie marry?
(a) Billy Gray.
(b) Alex Gunn.
(c) Bill Frost.
(d) Harry Power.

5. Who looks like an apparition of Red?
(a) Alex Gunn.
(b) Ned.
(c) Bill Frost.
(d) Uncle James.

6. What does Harry tell Ned has to be done to defend honor?
(a) He has to kill Bill Frost.
(b) He has to get married.
(c) Bill Frost has to be threatened.
(d) Bill Frost has to come home.

7. How old is George King?
(a) About the same age as Bill.
(b) About the same age as Ned.
(c) About the same age as Ellen.
(d) About the same age as Red would be.

8. What is the only work Ned can find?
(a) Breaking horses.
(b) Splitting posts for the police.
(c) Robbing stage coaches.
(d) Working in the fields.

9. What does his mother give Ned to wear for when the police come to take him in?
(a) A scarf she has made him.
(b) His sash from saving Dick Shelton.
(c) A lucky charm.
(d) A rosary.

10. Harry Power says, "forget your mamma. There ain't no happiness for neither of us at Eleven Mile Creek." What is significant about this statement?
(a) Eleven Mile Creek is the only place they will find happiness.
(b) Harry had forgotten his own mamma.
(c) Harry loves Ned's mamma.
(d) It is the best piece of advice Ned will receive.

11. How are the chapters referred to through out the book?
(a) As years.
(b) As parcels
(c) As sections.
(d) As letters.

12. What is one of the worst and most notorious prisons in a land full of bad prisons?
(a) Van Eyke's Land.
(b) Van Diemen's Land.
(c) Gaol Prison.
(d) Van Dyke's Land.

13. How do the cops and Cons Hall set a trap for Uncle Jimmy and Pat Quinn?
(a) They get them to talk during the trial.
(b) They set it up at the jail.
(c) They convince Ned to set it.
(d) The lure them in using Ned.

14. Who is falsely charged with the theft of the watch and gelding?
(a) Uncle James.
(b) Uncle Jack Lloyd.
(c) Bill.
(d) Ned.

15. At fifteen years old, what does Ned have to do?
(a) Move back home.
(b) Become an outlaw.
(c) Kill Bill.
(d) Marry Caitlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned say about how much he and his father communicate the final eight months of his father's life?

2. Of what does Harry inform Ned regarding Bill?

3. Why do Ned and Jem swear a blood oath?

4. Why does Ned believe Harry when he says that Bill bleeds to death?

5. How does the novel start?

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