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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The girls meet two other half-caste girls, called Eva and Nora. What do these two girls think will happen to them soon?
(a) They will marry rich white men.
(b) They will carry on with education and go to university.
(c) They will get a job on a station near their families.
(d) They will be given jobs at a school in the city.

4. Who volunteers to be their guide at the settlement?
(a) Edna Green.
(b) Bill.
(c) Martha Jones.
(d) Polly Martin.

5. Where does the policeman tell the girls they are going?
(a) He does not tell them where they are going.
(b) To Port Headland to catch a boat south.
(c) To Perth.
(d) To a new home to the south.

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

7. How do the Aboriginal people make Jigalong a permanent 'sitting down place'?
(a) They chase out all the white people and claim it for themselves.
(b) They build permanent houses.
(c) Sacred objects are brought and buried there.
(d) They make it the gathering place for all the tribes.

8. What will actually happen to them?
(a) They will be kept in a settlement for half-caste girls for the rest of their lives.
(b) They will be imprisoned.
(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.

9. Why does Gracie leave the other two girls?
(a) To turn herself in to the authorities so that she can get some food.
(b) She is sick of being bossed around by Molly and wants to continue on her own.
(c) To get a train to the settlement where her mother lives.
(d) She is cold and wants to ask for blankets at a nearby farm.

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

11. Why does Martha warn the girls not to go near the cave?
(a) There are strange hairy creatures living in it.
(b) It is off limits and they will be punished if they are caught.
(c) It is slippery and dangerous.
(d) It is very dark inside and they might get lost.

12. What is the punishment for running away?
(a) Their heads are shaved and they are whipped.
(b) They are locked away from the other children permanently.
(c) They are not allowed meat for a month.
(d) They are branded with a mark that identifies them as runaways.

13. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?
(a) They walk.
(b) By train.
(c) By car.
(d) By boat.

14. Who names the baby Molly?
(a) Maude.
(b) The father.
(c) Maude's father.
(d) The baby's grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Molly's plan?

2. Why was Jiigalong established?

3. How does the grandmother protect the new baby from any evil spirits nearby?

4. What do a group of Aborigine men give the girls?

5. Where is Maude's baby born?

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