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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gemmy react to Andy when he approaches him?
(a) He becomes enraged.
(b) He ignores Andy.
(c) He directs Andy to talk with Jock.
(d) He attempts to explain himself to Andy.

2. Who does Gemmy believe has the power in the McIvor family?
(a) Ellen
(b) Jock
(c) Lachlan
(d) Janet

3. What does Janet do to retreat from the frustration in her life?
(a) Reads books
(b) Plays with Gemmy
(c) Works on the farm
(d) Plays with Lachlan

4. What does Jock begin appreciating about Ellen in this chapter?
(a) Her beauty
(b) The things she does for Gemmy
(c) The things she does for their family
(d) Her intelligence

5. What does Mrs. Hutchence hire George to do in this chapter?
(a) Move furniture
(b) Build her a woodshed
(c) Bring a large branch to her house
(d) Tutor Leona

6. Which of the following describes Lachlan's demeanor when he arrived in Australia?
(a) Disinterested and ungrateful
(b) Excited and anxious
(c) Arrogant and angry
(d) Sullen and depressed

7. Why does Gemmy unnerve the settlers?
(a) He moves stealthily like a native.
(b) He seems to be watching them carefully.
(c) His skin is blackened.
(d) He rarely speaks.

8. What do the children think the figure is when they first see it?
(a) A black person
(b) A sailor
(c) A monster
(d) A white person

9. 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.

10. What does Mr. Frazer do that amuses Gemmy?
(a) He attempts to speak the native language.
(b) He draws amusing pictures of the native plants.
(c) He attempts to understand native plants.
(d) He eats sour native fruits.

11. What does Ellen think has made Jock's youth dwindle?
(a) The pressure of having Gemmy on the farm
(b) The deaths of their children
(c) His homesickness for England
(d) His homesickness for Scotland

12. When does Ellen become fearful of Gemmy?
(a) All the time
(b) At night
(c) When he speaks
(d) When he disappears

13. What are the children afraid of after hearing their parents' stories?
(a) Pirates
(b) Wild animals in the forest
(c) The natives of Queensland
(d) Anyone who is different than them

14. Who does George Abbot forbid from attending school?
(a) Girls
(b) Lachlan
(c) Ned Corcoran
(d) Gemmy

15. What happened to two of the McIvors' children?
(a) They left the settlement.
(b) They returned to Scotland.
(c) They returned to England.
(d) They died.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gemmy act after the visitors leave?

2. What does Gemmy use to try and explain the land to the settlers?

3. How does Barney show his unease about Gemmy?

4. What did the natives often tell stories about?

5. What job does George Abbot hold?

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