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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. Who is Yellagonga?
(a) An Aboriginal god.
(b) A powerful spirit ancestor.
(c) A war-loving tribal leader.
(d) A peace-loving tribal leader.

2. Why does Mrs. Flannigan call the Superintendent of the Moore River Settlement to tell him that the girls were at her house?
(a) She believes that they should be kept away from their black families.
(b) She is concerned for their safety.
(c) She is annoyed that they asked her for food.
(d) She is afraid of them.

3. How do the girls keep warm that night?
(a) They sleep in the same bed.
(b) They have to keep moving around instead of sleeping.
(c) They put on all the clothes they own at once.
(d) They light a fire.

4. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?
(a) Only if they have been well behaved.
(b) Only when special visitors come.
(c) Only on very cold nights.
(d) The beds always have sheets.

5. Why are the women settlers upset?
(a) Because the Aboriginals are not wearing clothes.
(b) Because they are afraid of the Aboriginals.
(c) Because they are hungry.
(d) Because the rain is destroying their possessions.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they go through the city, what suddenly frightens the girls?

2. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?

3. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

4. What do Dora's clan see coming through the desert?

5. Who does the captain hand the girls over to, to be looked after during the voyage?

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