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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Molly's plan?

2. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?

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

4. Who is the father of Maude's child?

5. Why is Molly confident that the tracker will not be able to follow them?

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