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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. 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

2. When do the events in this chapter take place?
(a) 15 years after Gemmy left the settlement
(b) 5 years after Gemmy left the settlement
(c) 50 years after Gemmy left the settlement
(d) 5 months after Gemmy left the settlement

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

4. What is the only name that George Abbot recognizes in Gemmy's description of what he wants from the teacher?
(a) Lachlan
(b) Jock
(c) Willett
(d) Leona

5. Where does Janet live in this chapter?
(a) In Mrs. Hutchence's old home
(b) In a convent
(c) In Brisbane
(d) In the old settlement

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sir George's role in Queensland?

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

3. What does Janet believe happens to her on the night depicted in this chapter?

4. Why does Lachlan not find out about the attack on Gemmy until the next day?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mr. Frazer react when Jim Sweetman refuses the native fruit? How does this contrast with his views on native plants at the end of the chapter?

3. Why doesn't Jock ask Gemmy to leave the farm after the two incidents in this chapter?

4. Describe the mob's attack on Gemmy.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Gemmy come to be on the island of Queensland?

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