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

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Molly give so that the three of them can stay behind when the other girls head out for school?

2. Where do they stop off to hand the sick Aboriginal women over to the hospital?

3. Why does Martha warn the girls not to go near the cave?

4. What is 'the boob'?

5. Why does the Protector of Aborigines think there is no point in trying to recapture Molly and Daisy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss identity. Why is identity important and who is it important to? How do the white people attempt to crush Aborigine identity?

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

In this story, white people dominate and oppress the Aboriginal people, and take their land away from them. The Aborigines cannot fight back, so the white people do what they want. Discuss the idea of 'might is right' and what the author is trying to tell us about it.

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