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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 does Molly think she is too old for school?
(a) She has reached puberty and is old enough to marry.
(b) Aborigine girls finish school at ten years old.
(c) She has already grown up in black culture so is too old now to change.
(d) Everyone else at Moore River is much younger than her.

2. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?
(a) That they will take their land.
(b) That they will try to kill all the Aboriginals in the camp.
(c) That they will take away the women.
(d) That they will anger the spirits.

3. What is the usual breakfast?
(a) Toast and jam.
(b) A glass of water flavored with sugar.
(c) Cold stew.
(d) Weevily porridge.

4. What does Captain Fremantle name the area?
(a) Perth.
(b) New England.
(c) Western Australia.
(d) Northern Australia.

5. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.
(b) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.
(c) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(d) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the punishment for running away?

2. How do the settlers allocate land?

3. What are the girls told they are not allowed to do at the school?

4. What does the crewman teach them?

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

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