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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Molly think she is too old for school?
(a) She has already grown up in black culture so is too old now to change.
(b) Aborigine girls finish school at ten years old.
(c) She has reached puberty and is old enough to marry.
(d) Everyone else at Moore River is much younger than her.

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

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 be given jobs at a school in the city.
(b) They will marry rich white men.
(c) They will get a job on a station near their families.
(d) They will carry on with education and go to university.

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

5. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?
(a) The children hope that the new arrivals will get picked on instead of them.
(b) The children hope that the new arrivals will be their friends.
(c) The children hope for news from back home.
(d) The children hope that the new arrivals might be able to escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. On their walk around the grounds, what do they see a group of the children doing near the milking sheds?

2. What are the girls supposed to use as a lavatory?

3. What do the girls at Moore River wear as shoes?

4. Where do the girls spend the night before moving on?

5. Who volunteers to be their guide at the settlement?

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