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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jock sleep after the attack on Gemmy?
(a) In his bed
(b) On the front porch of the hut
(c) He does not sleep
(d) In Gemmy's lean-to

2. 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 get the attention he wants.
(d) He will no longer want attention.

3. 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 smokes them.
(d) She swats at them.

4. What role does Lachlan initially take with Gemmy?
(a) He acts as his protector.
(b) He acts as his enemy.
(c) He acts as his teacher.
(d) He acts as his brother.

5. Who does Gemmy move in with after he is attacked?
(a) Mrs. Hutchence
(b) George Abbot
(c) Mr. & Mrs. Frazer
(d) The McIvors

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

7. What surprises Mr. Frazer about Brisbane?
(a) It is uncivilized.
(b) It is busy and dirty.
(c) It is remarkably small.
(d) It is very remote.

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

9. How does Jock feel about the strange occurrences around his farm?
(a) He feels vindicated.
(b) He feels confused.
(c) He feels angry and violent.
(d) He feels hurt and betrayed.

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

11. Which two characters meet in this chapter?
(a) Lachlan and Gemmy
(b) Lachlan, Gemmy and Janet
(c) Janet and Lachlan
(d) Janet and Gemmy

12. What does Gemmy do with "his papers"?
(a) He lets the rain wash the ink off of them.
(b) He puts them in the swamp.
(c) He buries them in the ground.
(d) He takes them to Mrs. Hutchence.

13. Who does Mr. Frazer go to Brisbane to meet with?
(a) The King of England
(b) George Abbot
(c) Jock McIvor
(d) Sir George

14. What does Mr. Frazer want to do as a result of his botany work?
(a) Preserve the native ecology
(b) Return to England
(c) Become a professional botanist
(d) Move into the woods with the aborigines

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lachlan find at the site where the "dispersal" supposedly took place?

3. When do the events in this chapter take place?

4. What do the settlers put on the McIvors' fence?

5. How does Gemmy react to the attack on the geese?

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