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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the girls meet a man on a bike while walking along the fence, what does the man do?
(a) Captures them and calls the police.
(b) Gives them food, then reports that he saw them.
(c) Ignores their pleas for food and rides away.
(d) Chases them away from the fence.

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

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

4. 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) He will assume they headed for the train station instead.
(d) Their footprints will have been washed away by the rain.

5. Why do the girls want to speak up when Miss Campbell introduces them to the staff member?
(a) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.
(b) They want to tell her that they are from Jigalong, not Nullagine.
(c) They want to tell her that they do not want to be separated.
(d) They want to tell her that they are very hungry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the girls hear footsteps they quickly hide. What do the girls think they see?

3. Why does Molly sometimes wish she didn't have light skin?

4. How does the grandmother protect the new baby from any evil spirits nearby?

5. The girls meet two other half-caste girls, called Eva and Nora. What do these two girls think will happen to them soon?

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