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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gilda released from custody?
(a) Brentwood.
(b) Dubbo.
(c) Verona.
(d) Muswellbrook.

2. Who does Mort know at the camp?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Gilda.
(d) Lola.

3. What evidence does Dowie find in the schoolteacher's house?
(a) Blood on a towel.
(b) Blood on the couch.
(c) Blood on a pillow.
(d) Blood on a rag.

4. After the violent attack on the Newby household, who does NOT flee with Jimmie?
(a) Gilda's baby.
(b) Peter.
(c) Rev. Neville.
(d) Tabidgi.

5. In Chapter 13, what do Dowie and Dud read an article about?
(a) Racial relations in Australia.
(b) Jimmie and Mort Blacksmith.
(c) Tabidgi's sentencing.
(d) The Boer war.

6. What do McCreadie and Mort argue about?
(a) Race relations.
(b) The African War.
(c) Which direction to head in.
(d) The brothers' murders.

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

8. How large are the tallest of the rocks at the initiation site McCreadie shows Jimmie and Mort?
(a) Four feet tall.
(b) Twenty feet tall.
(c) Eight feet tall.
(d) Twelve feet tall.

9. What is mentioned in the newspapers that Jimmie finds?
(a) Gilda has been sentenced to life in prison.
(b) Peter is still at large.
(c) Mr.Newby has passed away.
(d) Tabidgi has been sentenced to death.

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

11. What do Jimmie and Mort see when they head towards Verona?
(a) A village on fire.
(b) A robbery.
(c) Mounted police.
(d) An abandoned barn.

12. When Jimmie tells Tabidgi the problem, what does Tabidgi suggest?
(a) Supernatural interference.
(b) Spiritual forgiveness.
(c) Magical revenge.
(d) Divine intervention.

13. Why do Jimmie and Mort ride on cows?
(a) To give their legs a rest.
(b) To hide their tracks.
(c) To reach Brentwood more quickly.
(d) To escape from the police.

14. What does Jimmie love doing?
(a) Living in the forest with his brother.
(b) Discovering new trails.
(c) Hunting with his tribesmen.
(d) Walking in the rain.

15. How does Dowie feel about the news that the town has formed a committee?
(a) Elated.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmie concerned about telling Mort?

2. What does Tabidgi tell Mrs. Newby to give him and Jimmie?

3. Where do Dowie and Dud go after reading the article?

4. Who wakes up Mort in Chapter 14?

5. What does Mr. Hyberry do before the day of a hanging?

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