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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. What is Molly's plan?
(a) To stow away on a ship heading north, then walk to Jigalong.
(b) To get the train back to Jigalong.
(c) To find the rabbit-proof fence and follow it to Jigalong.
(d) To hitch-hike and ask for help from farms and villages.

2. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?
(a) Captain Freeman.
(b) Captain James Stirling.
(c) Constable Riggs.
(d) Arthur Carberry.

3. Who does Constable Riggs hand the girls over to here?
(a) The headmistress of Moore River School.
(b) Gracie's family.
(c) Constable Melrose.
(d) The Chief Protector of Aborigines.

4. How old is Daisy?
(a) Six.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Thirteen.

5. What makes Molly think the dormitory looks like a jail?
(a) There are guards and guard-dogs outside.
(b) There are no windows.
(c) It is a black, imposing building with a high wall around it.
(d) The doors are padlocked and there are bars at the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who volunteers to be their guide at the settlement?

2. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?

3. What was the common view of half-caste children at this time?

4. By what name are the Mardudjara people referred to?

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

(see the answer key)

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