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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assists Gemmy in finding a new home after he is attacked?
(a) Mrs. Hutchence
(b) Mr. Frazer
(c) Mrs. Frazer
(d) Jock

2. What does Mr. Frazer begin writing about in this chapter?
(a) Botany
(b) The attack on Gemmy
(c) The use of native plants rather than importing items from Europe
(d) Gemmy's history

3. Where has Mr. Frazer taken Gemmy's papers?
(a) To the McIvors
(b) To Brisbane
(c) To England
(d) To the aborigines

4. What awakens Ellen at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) A knock at the front door of the hut
(b) Gemmy's yells
(c) Jock getting up and leaving the bed
(d) Bumps against the wall of the hut

5. What does Gemmy believe will happen if a person ignores someone who only wants attention?
(a) He will become invisible.
(b) He will go away.
(c) He will no longer want attention.
(d) He will get the attention he wants.

6. Who rescues Gemmy from the mob?
(a) Jock
(b) The natives
(c) Mr. Frazer
(d) Lachlan

7. What event causes Jock to stop visiting his neighbors?
(a) The settlers criticize Gemmy
(b) Three of his wife's chickens are killed
(c) Three of his wife's geese are killed
(d) Gemmy becomes upset

8. What did the natives give Gemmy when they visited him?
(a) Soil and water
(b) Sand
(c) A stone
(d) A weapon

9. How does Mrs. Hutchence remove the bees from Janet when they swarm her?
(a) She sprays them with bee killer.
(b) She catches them in a net.
(c) She swats at them.
(d) She smokes them.

10. What does George give Gemmy instead of his papers?
(a) Letters from Leona
(b) Blank paper
(c) A book
(d) Homework papers

11. What does Gemmy hope to get from George Abbot?
(a) His clothes
(b) His stone
(c) Books
(d) His papers

12. How does Jock feel about having to confront the person who damaged his fence?
(a) Terrified
(b) Confused
(c) Angry
(d) Ambivalent

13. What sort of impact did Gemmy have on both Janet's and Lachlan's earlier lives?
(a) A positive one
(b) No impact
(c) A neutral one
(d) A negative one

14. What is Sir George's role in Queensland?
(a) To help settlers begin their farms
(b) To make the country into a self-governing state
(c) To remove the native population
(d) To ensure that England's interests are protected

15. How does Gemmy react to the attack on the geese?
(a) He becomes more vocal.
(b) He becomes enraged.
(c) He becomes violent.
(d) He becomes withdrawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lachlan not find out about the attack on Gemmy until the next day?

2. Who does Mr. Frazer go to Brisbane to meet with?

3. Who does Mr. Frazer credit with his expanded interest in botany?

4. What is the only name that George Abbot recognizes in Gemmy's description of what he wants from the teacher?

5. What is Sir George's response to Mr. Frazer's plan?

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