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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lachlan do that makes Janet feel insulted?
(a) He constantly talks about Australia.
(b) He is unkind to her mother.
(c) He criticizes her appearance.
(d) He constantly talks about Scotland.

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

3. What does Gemmy do to ensure that the natives will not desert him?
(a) He makes himself look like them.
(b) He learns their language.
(c) He teaches them things he learned in England.
(d) He follows them when they break camp.

4. What concerns Jock most about Gemmy?
(a) He looks like he is black.
(b) The reaction he gets from the neighbors
(c) He rarely speaks.
(d) The reaction he gets from the children

5. What does Gemmy spend a great deal of time telling Mr. Frazer about?
(a) His life in England
(b) The aborigines
(c) The native plants
(d) The settlers

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the McIvors is unsettled by Gemmy's presence in the house?

2. Who does George Abbot forbid from attending school?

3. What job does George Abbot hold?

4. Why does Gemmy unnerve the settlers?

5. Where had all of the McIvors worked while in Scotland?

(see the answer key)

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