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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jock relieved when the mob disperses?
(a) He does not have to see who attacked Gemmy.
(b) He would have had to kill one of them if he saw them.
(c) He is glad Gemmy is unharmed.
(d) He does not want the neighbors to be upset with him.

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

3. How does Janet feel when the swarm of bees surrounds her unprotected body one day?
(a) Anxious
(b) Confused
(c) Calm
(d) Scared

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

5. What do the settlers put on the McIvors' fence?
(a) Blood
(b) Feces
(c) Paint
(d) Writing

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Mrs. Hutchence remove the bees from Janet when they swarm her?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jock do in response to the attack on Gemmy?

2. What does Janet realize on the night depicted in this chapter that makes her feel she has become an adult?

3. How do Lachlan's relationships with the other settler children change over time? What causes this change?

4. Describe how Gemmy's strength is restored during his visit with the natives.

5. Why is Gemmy desperate to get "his papers" back from George and Mr. Frazer?

6. How does Lachlan's relationship with Gemmy change over time?

7. What event brings Janet and Lachlan back together after many years?

8. Why does Sir George invite Mr. Frazer to speak with him? How does he react to Frazer's proposal?

9. What is Sir George's vision for Queensland?

10. How have Mr. Frazer's views on botany changed since Gemmy has come to the settlement?

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