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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 kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?

2. How is this carried out?

3. What is the Canning Stock Route?

4. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?

5. What does Captain Fremantle want?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does Major Lockyear have a duty to protect Kundilla and his people?

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

4. The colonists are told to 'keep up their Englishness.' What does this involve? Why might they be asked to do this?

5. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Mardu people?

6. How do the other children treat Molly, and why do you think they react to her this way?

7. What does Constable Melrose do with the girls at Marble Bar?

8. How does Moore River attempt to make the children culturally 'white' and forget their Aboriginal identity?

9. How do the white people at the depot react to the birth of the mixed race child?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The rabbit-proof fence is a very important object in this book. Discuss the symbolism of the fence. What does it stand for and why? Does it mean different things to different people?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss freedom in this story. How is it represented and what does the author say about it? How important is freedom? Who is free and who is not?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think the author waited until chapter five before introducing the main girls? Why give us so much history in the previous chapters? Do you think this is effective?

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