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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 the attack on the geese?
(a) He becomes enraged.
(b) He becomes withdrawn.
(c) He becomes violent.
(d) He becomes more vocal.

2. What becomes Janet's lifelong passion and hobby?
(a) Beekeeping
(b) Gardening
(c) Drawing
(d) Botany

3. Which of the McIvors is most enraged by the incident with the geese?
(a) Lachlan
(b) Jock
(c) Janet
(d) Ellen

4. What does Gemmy do with the hunting ferrets one night when Willett passes out drunk?
(a) He sets them on fire.
(b) He releases them from their cages.
(c) He kills them.
(d) He feeds them treats.

5. What does Mr. Frazer suggest that the government plant in Queensland?
(a) Tobacco
(b) European plants
(c) Crops
(d) Native orchards

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

7. What is Mrs. Hutchence's hobby?
(a) Beekeeping
(b) Gardening
(c) Birdwatching
(d) Baking

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

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

10. 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 that it was only a dream.
(d) He realizes he is somewhere else.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of impact did Gemmy have on both Janet's and Lachlan's earlier lives?

2. What does Mr. Frazer begin writing about in this chapter?

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

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

5. How long did Gemmy remain at sea?

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