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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the captain of the Koolinda, the ship that will take them south to Fremantle?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Captain Freeman.
(c) Captain Fremantle.
(d) Captain Stirling.

2. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Aborigines?
(a) It is a place where they can learn English.
(b) They will be able to live in houses rather than stick shelters.
(c) No guns are allowed in the settlement.
(d) Food, and safety from the white people.

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

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

5. How do Molly and Gracie's family express their sorrow when the girls are taken?
(a) Refuse to eat.
(b) Cut themselves with sharp objects.
(c) Take some of the white children in retaliation.
(d) Cut off all their hair.

6. As they go through the city, what suddenly frightens the girls?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) A church bell.
(c) A ship's horn.
(d) A tram.

7. 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 are very hungry.
(b) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.
(c) They want to tell her that they are from Jigalong, not Nullagine.
(d) They want to tell her that they do not want to be separated.

8. What precautions do the girls take when they think that their pursuers are close on their trail?
(a) They only travel at night.
(b) They cover themselves in dirt so that they look more like black children.
(c) They stay away from homesteads and don't light fires.
(d) They abandon the rabbit-proof fence and cut across the desert.

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

10. What becomes a regular weekend event?
(a) A ritual dance.
(b) Pilgrimages into the Law.
(c) Telling stories of the ancestors around the communal fire.
(d) Hunting and gathering traditional foods.

11. What does the author think the girls really saw?
(a) The matron of the Moore River school.
(b) A horse.
(c) An Aborigine man running to get away from the storm.
(d) The black tracker, searching for them.

12. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?
(a) They are not getting a fair chance.
(b) They are an embarrassment.
(c) It is degrading for them to run around with the darker skinned children.
(d) They eat too much food.

13. What was the common view of half-caste children at this time?
(a) That they would not love their darker skinned families.
(b) That they were inferior to the 'pure whites' and 'pure blacks.'
(c) That they were more intelligent than other Aboriginal children.
(d) That they were monsters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?

2. How do Gracie and Daisy react when Molly tells them of her plan to escape?

3. When the girls reach the heathlands, what do they see?

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

5. How does Molly's father interact with his child?

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