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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. What do preachers do following the murders?

2. What do Jimmie and Mort see when they head towards Verona?

3. What evidence does Dowie find in the schoolteacher's house?

4. What did Mort and Jimmie leave at the camp?

5. When Mort is spotted carrying McCreadie in Chapter 14, in which direction does he run?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Jimmie happy to be left alone with Mort?

2. Why does Jimmie send Gilda and the baby away?

3. What happens at Pilbarra Camp?

4. What do the brothers do to trick the men chasing them?

5. How is McCreadie getting along with the brothers?

6. Who is McCreadie?

7. How does Mort react to the murder of Mrs. Healy and the baby?

8. Why does Dowie Stead go after Jimmie and Mort?

9. What happens when Mort and Jimmie find a little house with an old couple inside?

10. Why does Jimmie leave Tabidgi behind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is based on the life of Jimmy Governor, an Aborigine, who, along with his brother, committed a number of murders in Australia in 1900. Research the life of Jimmy Governor. Compare and contrast the true story to the fictional retelling of the story in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

Essay Topic 3

Outline what events and circumstances of Jimmie's life caused him to go on a killing spree.

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