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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Evangeline's labor?
(a) It is extremely fast.
(b) She does not feel pain at all.
(c) Her baby is in the breech position.
(d) She passes out several times during it.

2. Who used to sing Mathinna to sleep on Flinders?
(a) Teanic.
(b) Timeo.
(c) Wangro.
(d) Palle.

3. What effect does Mr. Block's work have on Mathinna?
(a) It shows her how unhealthy she is.
(b) It shows her how talented she is.
(c) It shows her how ambitious she is.
(d) It shows her how much her life has changed.

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

5. How many female convicts are ferried from the Medea to land in Part IV?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 192.
(c) 25.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mathinna supposed to wear the governor's mansion for special occasions?

2. What does Hazel use for many of her remedies?

3. What does Mrs. Fry tell Evangeline she hopes Evangeline will share on the ship?

4. What does Olive warn Hazel about in Part IV?

5. Why does Dr. Dunne list who he does as Ruby's mother on the birth certificate?

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