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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 do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?

2. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?

3. How do the white workers react to the violence?

4. What is the Canning Stock Route?

5. What is a wuungku?

Short Essay Questions

1. Overall, do the girls get treated badly on the journey?

2. How do Aborigine people hunt and kill their food?

3. Who is to blame for the incident between the white workers who dug the sacred land, and the Mardu?

4. Describe how Molly and the girls escape Moore River.

5. Why is Kundilla respected?

6. Has the author been trying to give the reader any messages by telling them this story?

7. Who behaves the worst in this book?

8. Do Daisy and Gracie trust Molly as a leader?

9. How do Maude's family react to her pregnancy?

10. In what ways were the girls' lives similar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss realism in the book. How does the author remind the reader that this is a true story? How does this emphasize the messages of the book? Is the author biased in any way? What is her agenda? Is this justified, or does it destroy the truth of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of home and family in this story. How are these ideas different in Aborigine and white society? What do home and family mean to the girls? Are there any symbols of home?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of the wildflowers, plants and animals in this story. Why are there so many descriptions of nature?

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