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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Jimmie his initiation tooth?

2. How does Jimmie deal with Healy's complaints?

3. How does Jimmie find Harry Edwards when he returns to work?

4. What does Farrell begin to do after Harry Edwards is caught?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Farrell satisfied with Jimmie?

2. Why does Jimmie think that it will be good to work for the police?

3. What does Mrs. Newby do for Gilda?

4. Why do Jimmie and Mort stop working for Claude Lewis?

5. Why is Gilda glad that she will be able to give birth in the main house?

6. How was Jimmie punished for Healy's dissatisfaction with the fence?

7. Why is Jimmie awakened one night by someone in Verona?

8. Describe the place and time that the novel is set in.

9. Who do the Nevilles suggest Jimmie should attempt to marry, and why?

10. Describe Gilda.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of symbolism in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

Essay Topic 2

Research race relations between the aboriginal population and the white population at the turn of the 20th century. Discuss how the time period in which the story was set contributed to the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the depiction of the white characters in the novel. Were they all racist towards Aborigines? Why did the author choose to depict them the way he did?

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