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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gemmy come to be on Queensland?
(a) He was sent there as a prisoner.
(b) He was thrown off of a ship.
(c) He was a part of another settlement.
(d) He was born there.

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

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

4. What role do most of the settlers hope the natives will play in their settlement one day?
(a) They will be servants and laborers.
(b) They will play no role because they will be removed.
(c) They will also live in the settlement.
(d) They will be farm workers.

5. How does Gemmy act after the visitors leave?
(a) He becomes agitated.
(b) He continues working as if nothing happened.
(c) He seems at peace and calm.
(d) He is clearly unnerved.

6. How does Janet feel when she hurts Lachlan?
(a) Happy
(b) Vindicated
(c) Remorseful
(d) Confused

7. How long do the natives wait before visiting Gemmy for the first time?
(a) One year
(b) Two years
(c) One month
(d) Two months

8. What is Janet's opinion of Australia?
(a) She believes it is beautiful and bountiful.
(b) She believes it is dangerous and hostile.
(c) She believes it is boring and uninteresting.
(d) She believes it is dark and oppressive.

9. What does Gemmy do when the natives approach him that is lost on Andy?
(a) He makes a sign.
(b) He offers them a gift.
(c) He sits with them.
(d) He uses their language.

10. What does Jock think of Andy's version of the event (Gemmy's visit with the aborigines)?
(a) He believes it is believable.
(b) He believes it is exaggerated.
(c) He believes it is entirely accurate.
(d) He believes it is entirely untruthful.

11. Which of the settlers seems to understand and connect with Gemmy the most in this chapter?
(a) Ned Corcoran
(b) Mr. Frazer
(c) Jock McIvor
(d) Lachlan

12. Who is Andy most eager to tell of Gemmy's visitors?
(a) Ned
(b) Jock
(c) Jim Sweetman
(d) Barney

13. How do many of the settlers react when they find out the natives visited Gemmy?
(a) They are relieved.
(b) They become more paranoid and fearful.
(c) They become curious.
(d) They become more understanding and peaceful.

14. What does Mrs. Hutchence often hire the settlers to do in her home?
(a) Clean her home
(b) Move furniture
(c) Decorate her home
(d) Cook food

15. What job does George Abbot hold?
(a) Teacher
(b) Governor
(c) Farmer
(d) Governor

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Andy tell the other settlers that the natives gave to Gemmy?

3. How would Ellen characterize Jock at this point in the story?

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

5. Who approaches George Abbot one day as he is leaving on his afternoon "retreat"?

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