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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gemmy sleep at the McIvor farm?
(a) In Lachlan's room
(b) In a lean-to outside of the hut
(c) On the front porch
(d) In a barn outside of the hut

2. What happens when Gemmy recognizes an object from his past life?
(a) He becomes homesick for England.
(b) He quickly remembers the English word for it.
(c) He realizes that he recognizes it, but cannot remember the English word for it.
(d) He becomes angry and violent.

3. What happens to Gemmy when he observes the white settlers?
(a) He longs for England.
(b) He realizes how much better his life is with the natives.
(c) He wishes he could be with people like himself.
(d) He begins to remember words in English.

4. Why does Lachlan come to live with the McIvors?
(a) He runs away from home.
(b) His parents want him to have a better life in Australia.
(c) His mother is killed.
(d) His father is killed.

5. What fear consumes most of the settlers?
(a) The integration of natives into their community
(b) An attack by wild animals
(c) An attack by the natives
(d) Interracial marriage between settlers and natives

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Abbot feel when he strikes a student?

2. What concerns Jock most about Gemmy?

3. Which of the following character traits best describes George Abbot?

4. What does Janet notice one day that seems to open up the world to her?

5. What is Gemmy's first memory of the island?

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