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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Jimmie tell Wongee Tom he wants to get?
(a) Coal digging.
(b) Fence-building.
(c) Cattle- herding.
(d) Sheep sheering.

2. How does Jimmie deal with Healy's complaints?
(a) Jimmie argues with Healy.
(b) Jimmie complains to Rev. Neville.
(c) Jimmie damages the fence.
(d) Jimmie lets the issue drop.

3. What does Jimmie think of Mrs Healy?
(a) That she is racist.
(b) That she is a good listener.
(c) That she is an ideal land-owner's wife.
(d) That she is ugly inside and out.

4. What did Jimmie say he had been doing in his absence?
(a) Watching the sun set and rise.
(b) Studying the stars.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Catching possums.

5. Where does The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith take place?
(a) Australia.
(b) America.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wongee Tom Carstairs?

2. What does Jimmie go to the Department on Agriculture for?

3. How much money does Healy pay Jimmie for building the fence?

4. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?

5. In the years following his initiation, what does Jimmie question?

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