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

2. Who is the only child at the settlement whom Lachlan becomes close with?
(a) Hector
(b) Jed
(c) Jeff
(d) Janet

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Janet live in this chapter?

2. How does Lachlan feel when he visits Gemmy at Mrs. Hutchence's house?

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

4. What does Gemmy do when he discovers that he cannot extinguish the fire in Willett's home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the event that caused Willett's death.

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

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

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

5. What did Gemmy do that affected Janet and Lachlan's lives?

6. Describe what happens to Janet in this chapter when she removes her bonnet and veil while beekeeping.

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

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

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

10. Describe the two events that happen in this chapter which unnerve Jock.

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