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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?

2. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?

3. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?

4. When the girls reach the heathlands, what do they see?

5. Where do they spend the night before traveling on to Moore River?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the idea of human rights in this story. Who is not given proper rights, and what rights have been denied? Do the Aborigines have any more right to the land than the white people do?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss misunderstanding and poor communications in this book. What happens when two societies do not understand each other? Does anyone in the story ever not understand something, or get the wrong impression, or miss the point? What problems are caused by misunderstanding or miscommunication?

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