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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. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They did not understand.
(c) They refused it.
(d) With gratitude.

2. Why are the girls frightened when they get off the boat?
(a) They do not know where they are being taken.
(b) There are strange animals everywhere.
(c) They see men with guns.
(d) The port is very crowded and noisy.

3. What do some mothers choose to do, out of fear that their children will be taken from them?
(a) Give birth in the bush rather than hospitals.
(b) Hide their babies in animal skins.
(c) Kill the babies' white fathers.
(d) Leave Jigalong forever to go back into the desert.

4. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?
(a) The children hope for news from back home.
(b) The children hope that the new arrivals will get picked on instead of them.
(c) The children hope that the new arrivals will be their friends.
(d) The children hope that the new arrivals might be able to escape.

5. Who does Miss Campbell hand the girls over to when they reach the Moore River School?
(a) Miss Evans.
(b) Polly Martin.
(c) The caretaker.
(d) Martha Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

2. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?

3. Why does Gracie leave the other two girls?

4. What do the girls want to ask him, but do not dare?

5. How do the girls keep warm that night?

(see the answer key)

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