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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. How many seconds go by before Mr. Hyberry trips the lever when hanging someone?

2. What do Jimmie and Mort do after running from the police for one mile?

3. What do McCreadie and Mort argue about?

4. What do the Blacksmiths have very little of in Chapter 8?

5. Where does Jimmie suggest they put McCreadie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jimmie leave Tabidgi behind?

2. According to Mr. Newby, why does he stop giving the Blacksmiths' groceries?

3. How is McCreadie's health?

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

5. Why do Jimmie and Tabidgi visit the Newby household in Chapter 8?

6. What does Dowie find in the schoolteacher's home?

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. Who is McCreadie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the plight of the mixed-race individuals in Australia around the time that the story is set. Write a report of your research and how it correlates to the portrayal of Jimmie, who is mixed-race.

Essay Topic 2

How significant is McCreadie in the capture of Jimmie in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith?

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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