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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is 'the boob'?
(a) A torture device used for punishing bad children.
(b) A building where the food is kept.
(c) A scary pit that girls are made to spend the night in as punishment.
(d) A building where girls are locked up as punishment.

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

3. Where do the girls spend the night before moving on?
(a) In the car.
(b) Locked in the empty cells in the police station.
(c) On the floor at the constable's house.
(d) In a nearby Aborigine settlement.

4. Who does Miss Campbell hand the girls over to when they reach the Moore River School?
(a) The caretaker.
(b) Miss Evans.
(c) Polly Martin.
(d) Martha Jones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the girls keep warm that night?

2. What does the crewman teach them?

3. What does Molly decide that night?

4. Why do the girls want to speak up when Miss Campbell introduces them to the staff member?

5. Why does the Protector of Aborigines think there is no point in trying to recapture Molly and Daisy?

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