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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 is Ned carrying with him in Jerilderie?
(a) His child.
(b) A 58 page letter of the true events.
(c) A book he is writing.
(d) A revolver.

2. What happens in this chapter?
(a) A factual event of Ned's hanging.
(b) Ned escapes from the police.
(c) Mary rescues Ned and takes him to the United States.
(d) A blend of folklore and reality.

3. Where do Ned and his friends retreat?
(a) A nearby town.
(b) Deeper into the Australian wilderness.
(c) To a neighboring home.
(d) The local bar in town.

4. Why is Mary angry at Ned?
(a) She does not believe his story.
(b) He abandons her when she needs him most.
(c) He kills the constable.
(d) She is not sure what to think about the newspaper accounts of the "murders."

5. Why is Ned forced to shoot, and kill one of the constables?
(a) He threatens Ned.
(b) He is running at Ned.
(c) One constable goes for his gun.
(d) He shoots at Ned first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas Crunow do?

2. Why do Ned and a group of close friends move to the country along the Wombat Ridges?

3. How does Thomas Crunow act?

4. What is the "Greta Mob"?

5. About what is his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the gang get split up?

2. What do the police do to the women and children?

3. What happens to Ned when he thanks the man who admits Ned did not steal his horse?

4. What happens to Ned's letter-writing?

5. How does Wild Wright assist the gang?

6. How does Ned react to his 58-page letter not getting printed?

7. How does Ned get Mary to believe him about the "murders?"

8. How does Ned start to get involved with the family again?

9. About what does Ned dream?

10. What happens to the letter that the politician Cameron receives?

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