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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Constable Riggs hand the girls over to here?
(a) Gracie's family.
(b) The headmistress of Moore River School.
(c) The Chief Protector of Aborigines.
(d) Constable Melrose.

2. Where is Maude's baby born?
(a) At their camp south of Jigalong.
(b) In a hut in Jigalong.
(c) In the baby's father's house.
(d) In the hospital at Perth.

3. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?
(a) By boat.
(b) They walk.
(c) By train.
(d) By car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?

2. Why does Gracie leave the other two girls?

3. When the girls meet a man on a bike while walking along the fence, what does the man do?

4. Why does Mrs. Flannigan call the Superintendent of the Moore River Settlement to tell him that the girls were at her house?

5. What is the usual breakfast?

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