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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the girls want to ask him, but do not dare?
(a) Whether the slaves who built the pyramids were like them, or like the white men.
(b) Why the white people came to Australia in the first place.
(c) Where they are being taken and what will happen to them.
(d) Whether there are black people in other places in the world.

2. What is Molly's plan?
(a) To get the train back 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 stow away on a ship heading north, then walk to Jigalong.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. Why was Jiigalong established?
(a) As a base for maintenance workers on the rabbit-proof fence.
(b) As a settlement for Aborigines.
(c) As a school to teach Aboriginal children to speak English.
(d) As a colony for new European settlers.

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

8. What excuse does Molly give so that the three of them can stay behind when the other girls head out for school?
(a) She pretends that Daisy is sick.
(b) She says they have forgotten their school books, so they have to go back to their room to get them.
(c) She says they need to empty the toilet bucket.
(d) She pretends to still be asleep.

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

10. Why do the girls want to speak up when Miss Campbell introduces them to the staff member?
(a) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.
(b) They want to tell her that they are from Jigalong, not Nullagine.
(c) They want to tell her that they do not want to be separated.
(d) They want to tell her that they are very hungry.

11. Why does the Protector of Aborigines think there is no point in trying to recapture Molly and Daisy?
(a) They would have to be separated or locked up, and this would be worse than being in the bush.
(b) They would become violent if forced away from their families again.
(c) They would only keep escaping again, because they know how to survive in the bush.
(d) They obviously think of themselves as black.

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

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

14. Who does the captain hand the girls over to, to be looked after during the voyage?
(a) Mimi-Ali, an injured Aborigine woman.
(b) Gwen Campbell, the stewardess.
(c) George Johnson, a crewmember.
(d) Raymond Baxter, a sailor.

15. What does Molly decide that night?
(a) That they must escape.
(b) That she must protect Gracie and Daisy.
(c) That she will never accept white culture.
(d) That they must play along with the rules so that they are not punished.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Martha warn the girls not to go near the cave?

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

3. Where do the girls spend their first night on the run?

4. Why can't the girls eat the rabbit that Gracie catches?

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

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