View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mort die?
(a) Mort drowns.
(b) Mort is hit in the head with a blunt tool.
(c) Mort is hanged.
(d) Mort is shot.

2. What do Jimmie and Mort do after running from the police for one mile?
(a) Turn themselves in.
(b) Find shelter and go to sleep.
(c) Hide their rifles and climb a tree.
(d) Wade through water to avoid leaving tracks.

3. What does the schoolteacher show the brothers?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A news article.
(c) A scar.
(d) A cartoon.

4. What is Mrs. Healy holding when Jimmie enters the house?
(a) A basket.
(b) A baby.
(c) Knitting needles.
(d) A gun.

5. What does Mort do in the morning in Chapter 11?
(a) Paint his face white.
(b) Hunt for fresh meat.
(c) Chant and dance.
(d) Walk back to the camp.

6. What time do the brothers arrive at a small house in Chapter 11?
(a) Three o'clock.
(b) Four o'clock.
(c) Nine o'clock.
(d) One o'clock.

7. When does Dowie arrive at the Healy's?
(a) An hour after Jimmie and Mort.
(b) A week after Jimmie and Mort.
(c) The morning after Jimmie and Mort.
(d) A day after Jimmie and Mort.

8. As Jimmie continues his escape, what does he find it hard to believe?
(a) That he has not been caught yet.
(b) That he is so tired.
(c) That it is so cold out.
(d) That he has killed the Newbys.

9. Where is Ted Knoller waiting?
(a) Perth.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Brentwood.
(d) Sydney.

10. What is the committee that the town has formed for?
(a) To organize a hunting trip.
(b) To form a group to search for the brothers on horseback.
(c) To compile information as to the whereabouts of the brothers.
(d) To patrol the town and river for the Blacksmith brothers.

11. How does the newly passed bill affect Jimmie and Mort?
(a) A reward will be given if they are found dead or alive.
(b) Jimmie and Mort are not allowed on Australian soil.
(c) People have the right to shoot the brothers.
(d) Jimmie and Mort are considered extremely dangerous.

12. What does Mr. Hyberry do before the day of a hanging?
(a) Light a candle.
(b) Survey the man to be hung.
(c) Meditate.
(d) Read a particular passage from the bible.

13. What do the Blacksmiths have very little of in Chapter 8?
(a) Food.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Coal.
(d) Friends.

14. In which direction do Jimmie and the others flee after the attack?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

15. When do Jimmie and Mort cross the Divide?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) February.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mort dies, how many hours pass before Dowie arrives?

2. Where does a bullet strike Jimmie?

3. How much labor has Jimmie still not been paid for by Mr. Newby in Chapter 8?

4. Who arrives at the Newby home on Monday morning?

5. Why do Jimmie and Mort carry McCreadie on their backs?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 482 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample