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

2. What direction are the brothers going in in Chapter 13?

3. What does Mort do in the morning in Chapter 11?

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

5. Who does Jimmie want to kill instead of Mr. Newby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jimmie while he is wading in a stream?

2. Describe the new bill that is created in response to the brothers.

3. Why does Mort paint his face white?

4. What happens at Pilbarra Camp?

5. Why does McCreadie tell Jimmie to leave Mort, and how does Jimmie react?

6. What happens to Mort in Chapter 14?

7. What does Dowie mean when he says that he has become a figure of sentiment that must be maintained?

8. What does Rev. Neville tell his wife in Chapter 10, and why does he tell her this?

9. Why does Jimmie attack the women?

10. Who is McCreadie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jimmie is half-Aborigine and half-white. How does Jimmie's struggle with identity affect his life emotionally? In what way are his actions affected by his struggle with identity?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Jimmie's capture. In what manner was he captured, and what does this tell us about the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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