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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the girls want to speak up when Miss Campbell introduces them to the staff member?
(a) They want to tell her that they do not want to be separated.
(b) They want to tell her that they are from Jigalong, not Nullagine.
(c) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.
(d) They want to tell her that they are very hungry.

2. Who is the father of Maude's child?
(a) The Superintendent, Mr. Keeling.
(b) Her 'bilgur' (her betrothed).
(c) An inspector of the fence, Thomas Craig.
(d) Protector of Aborigines, Constable Riggs.

3. Where do the girls spend their first night on the run?
(a) Out in the open, wrapped in their spare clothes.
(b) Hidden in a barn.
(c) In a hollowed out rabbit burrow.
(d) Under a tree.

4. What excuse does Molly give so that the three of them can stay behind when the other girls head out for school?
(a) She says they need to empty the toilet bucket.
(b) She says they have forgotten their school books, so they have to go back to their room to get them.
(c) She pretends that Daisy is sick.
(d) She pretends to still be asleep.

5. Why does Gracie leave the other two girls?
(a) To get a train to the settlement where her mother lives.
(b) She is sick of being bossed around by Molly and wants to continue on her own.
(c) She is cold and wants to ask for blankets at a nearby farm.
(d) To turn herself in to the authorities so that she can get some food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dora's father Lubin suggest?

2. Why is Molly confident that the tracker will not be able to follow them?

3. How do the white workers react to the violence?

4. What do a group of Aborigine men give the girls?

5. The girls meet two other half-caste girls, called Eva and Nora. What do these two girls think will happen to them soon?

(see the answer key)

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