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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Molly sometimes wish she didn't have light skin?
(a) She is afraid she will be taken away.
(b) The other children insult her.
(c) She thinks darker skin is prettier.
(d) She thinks the spirits will hate her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?

2. Who is the captain of the Koolinda, the ship that will take them south to Fremantle?

3. What do the girls see as they come into the harbor, that makes them homesick?

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

5. How do Maude's family feel about their new boss, the maintenance inspector?

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