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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Molly confident that the tracker will not be able to follow them?
(a) Their footprints will have been washed away by the rain.
(b) He will assume they headed for the train station instead.
(c) They haven't lit any fires or left any signs along the way.
(d) They know he is in a different part of Australia at the moment.

5. When the girls reach the heathlands, what do they see?
(a) Strange animals.
(b) Beautiful and unusual wildflowers.
(c) A large lake blocking their way.
(d) A large lake blocking their way.

6. When the girls meet a man on a bike while walking along the fence, what does the man do?
(a) Captures them and calls the police.
(b) Gives them food, then reports that he saw them.
(c) Chases them away from the fence.
(d) Ignores their pleas for food and rides away.

7. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?
(a) War is declared on the white people.
(b) They celebrate Christmas.
(c) Traditional ceremonies and rituals are performed.
(d) Marriages take place only at this time of year.

8. How does Molly's father interact with his child?
(a) Tries to teach her to be English.
(b) Refuses to have anything to do with her.
(c) Takes her away.
(d) Brings her gifts.

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

10. What will actually happen to them?
(a) They will be imprisoned.
(b) They will be kept in a settlement for half-caste girls for the rest of their lives.
(c) They will be sent further away from their families to work on dairy farms.
(d) They will be sent to work as servants in England.

11. Where is Maude's baby born?
(a) In the hospital at Perth.
(b) At their camp south of Jigalong.
(c) In a hut in Jigalong.
(d) In the baby's father's house.

12. How does the Superintendent feel about the baby?
(a) He is embarrassed that she was born at his station.
(b) He is angry with Maude.
(c) He thinks she is disgusting.
(d) He says nice things.

13. On their walk around the grounds, what do they see a group of the children doing near the milking sheds?
(a) Huddling together for warmth.
(b) Stealing extra food.
(c) Playing rounders.
(d) Trying to escape.

14. 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.

15. What do a group of Aborigine men give the girls?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Shoes and coats.
(c) Matches and salt.
(d) Food and water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls think of the city?

2. Who names the baby Molly?

3. During the voyage, several members of the crew try to keep the girls entertained. What does one crewman tell them about?

4. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?

5. What did Mr. Keeling, the Superintendent at Jigalong depot, write in a letter that was ignored?

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