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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?

2. Why are the women settlers upset?

3. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

4. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?

5. What does Captain Fremantle want?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the girls treated on the boat?

2. What is the girls' reaction to Perth?

3. Why has the arrival of white colonists been bad for the Aboriginal people?

4. Do the Aborigines do enough to fight back?

5. Do the Aborigines receive justice in chapter three?

6. Describe the grounds of Moore River.

7. How do the girls' families react when the children are taken?

8. The girls meet other mixed race girls at the girls' home in Perth. How have these girls been misled?

9. How do the Aboriginal people react to Captain Fremantle and the arrival of Stirling and his colonists?

10. Are the white men in chapter too greedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Molly. What is her relationship like with the other girls? Is she a good leader?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Aborigine society with white society. What are the main differences? Are there any similarities? Does one society come across as better? Why do they clash?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author make the reader sympathetic to the Aborigines, and to the girls? Discuss her use of language and the structure of the book, as well as how various people in the story are presented to us.

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