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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lachlan promise Gemmy after his visit to Mrs. Hutchence's?
(a) Lachlan promises he will never let Gemmy be hurt again.
(b) Lachlan promises he will defend Gemmy in the future.
(c) Lachlan promises to restore his friendship with Gemmy.
(d) Lachlan promises he will return to visit Gemmy again.

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

3. Who does Gemmy start dreaming about in this chapter?
(a) The natives
(b) Willett
(c) Mosey and the Irish
(d) Lachlan

4. What impresses Gemmy about Mr. Frazer?
(a) His drawing skills
(b) His kindness towards Gemmy
(c) His relationship with the settlers
(d) His commitment to the land

5. Which of the McIvor children stands outside with Ellen as she waits for Jock to return?
(a) Lachlan
(b) Janet
(c) Meg
(d) Gemmy

6. What does Lachlan find at the site where the "dispersal" supposedly took place?
(a) Gemmy's papers
(b) Bones that appear to have belonged to children
(c) An aborigine settlement
(d) Aborigines

7. Who does Lachlan talk to when trying to locate Gemmy?
(a) George Abbot
(b) Mrs. Hutchence and Leona
(c) The natives
(d) The settlers

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

9. What happens when Gemmy wakens from his nightmare?
(a) He realizes what he dreamed is actually happening.
(b) He realizes it was a premonition.
(c) He realizes he is somewhere else.
(d) He realizes that it was only a dream.

10. Why does Lachlan not find out about the attack on Gemmy until the next day?
(a) His classmates are afraid to tell him about the incident.
(b) He slept through the incident.
(c) The McIvors want to protect him.
(d) He was out with friends when it happened.

11. Which of the McIvors helps Mrs. Hutchence with her hobby?
(a) Meg
(b) Ellen
(c) Lachlan
(d) Janet

12. Who does Mr. Frazer credit with his expanded interest in botany?
(a) Jock McIvor
(b) The aborigines
(c) Gemmy
(d) George Abbot

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

14. What does Gemmy do when he discovers that he cannot extinguish the fire in Willett's home?
(a) He goes to a neighbor for help.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He calls the fire department.
(d) He drags Willett from the house.

15. What does Janet believe happens to her on the night depicted in this chapter?
(a) She sees Gemmy as her brother.
(b) She develops respect for her father.
(c) She realizes the evil of men.
(d) She becomes an adult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes Janet's lifelong passion and hobby?

2. Who does Mr. Frazer attempt to tell Sir George about?

3. Which of the McIvors is most enraged by the incident with the geese?

4. What does Gemmy do with "his papers"?

5. Where does Jock sleep after the attack on Gemmy?

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