View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 211 - 284).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ruby get transferred after she gets out of the nursery?
(a) To the Queen's Orphan School.
(b) To Cascades prison.
(c) To the scullery.
(d) To St. Mark's Orphanage.

2. What does Hazel get in return for her cures and medicines?
(a) Special items in bartered payments.
(b) Face creams.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) A lighter sentence.

3. What is the name of Mathinna's pet?
(a) Harry.
(b) Waluka.
(c) Mowgla.
(d) Hertherington.

4. What does Hazel do with the scraps of fabric she collects from her job?
(a) Makes new clothes for herself.
(b) Trades them in jail for extra food.
(c) Makes a quilt for Ruby.
(d) Sells them in town.

5. Why does Hazel beg Olive to become Ruby's wet nurse after her first few weeks in the nursery?
(a) Hazel promised Dr. Dunne that she would keep Ruby safe so he could adopt her in a few years.
(b) Ruby is not getting enough milk and she might die.
(c) The managers of the nursery will just leave Ruby outside to die if she is too fussy.
(d) Hazel will lose her allowance from the state if Ruby dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Mathinna's bedroom?

2. What does Hazel eat for dinner the first night in prison?

3. How many female convicts are ferried from the Medea to land in Part IV?

4. What does Evangeline do in her last moments?

5. Who hides Evangeline's handkerchief for her?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 269 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample