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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 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.

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

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

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

5. What is Sir George's response to Mr. Frazer's plan?
(a) He expresses interest in it.
(b) He views it as a threat.
(c) He eagerly embraces it.
(d) He dismisses it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role does Lachlan initially take with Gemmy?

3. Who does Mr. Frazer attempt to tell Sir George about?

4. What was Willett's profession?

5. What does Mrs. Hutchence give Gemmy that sparks memories of his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the mob's attack on Gemmy.

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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