2. Where do they stop off to hand the sick Aboriginal women over to the hospital?
(a) Fremantle.
(b) Perth.
(c) Port Headland.
(d) Marble Bar.

3. 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.

4. How does the sight of the large river make Molly feel?
(a) Happy to be out among nature again.
(b) Like a stranger in this part of the country.
(c) Trapped, like a prisoner.
(d) Afraid, because she has never seen anything like it.

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

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

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

8. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?
(a) The beds always have sheets.
(b) Only if they have been well behaved.
(c) Only on very cold nights.
(d) Only when special visitors come.

9. How do Gracie and Daisy react when Molly tells them of her plan to escape?
(a) They are excited.
(b) They are frightened.
(c) They think she is joking.
(d) They do not want to leave.

10. Who do the girls meet at Station 594, near Jigalong?
(a) Their aunt and cousins.
(b) Molly's mother.
(c) Constable Riggs.
(d) Molly's father.

11. Why can't the girls eat the rabbit that Gracie catches?
(a) They have no matches to start a fire.
(b) It is too small, so there isn't enough meat on it.
(c) They think rabbits are poisonous to eat.
(d) Their bodies are not used to meat, so they will be ill.

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

13. What are the girls supposed to use as a lavatory?
(a) Nothing; there is no lavatory.
(b) An outside toilet across the snowy yard.
(c) Buckets in the bathroom.
(d) A hole in the corner of the room.

14. What do the girls think of the city?
(a) They think it is wonderful.
(b) They find it boring.
(c) They think it is noisy and unfriendly.
(d) They think it is exciting.

15. How do Maude's family feel about their new boss, the maintenance inspector?
(a) They do not understand him.
(b) He is cruel and they hate him.
(c) They think he is funny and they often mock him.
(d) They like him and invite him to share meals.