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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 the name of the ship Mathinna travels to the Franklins' on?
(a) The Cormorant.
(b) The Villain.
(c) The Heydey.
(d) The Rose Marie.

2. What does Dr. Dunne tell Hazel her only task is after Evangeline is gone?
(a) Seeing to soldiers' wounds.
(b) Taking care of all the other pregnant women on the ship.
(c) Scrubbing the deck.
(d) Taking care of the baby.

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

4. What did Liza do to be put in prison?
(a) She killed someone.
(b) She stole money from the business she worked for as its accountant.
(c) She stole repeatedly from shops.
(d) Prostitution.

5. Where had Mathinna's sister been when she died?
(a) Newgate Prison.
(b) The Queen's Orphan School near Hobart Town.
(c) Hetherington.
(d) Lady Jane Franklin's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the crime for unwed pregnancy at the prison in Van Diemen's Land?

2. What other convict does Olive make friends with on the ship?

3. What is Evangeline's assigned identification number on her tin ticket?

4. Where does Mathinna spend as little time as possible?

5. Why does Mathinna make her way back to the settlement after running away for several days?

(see the answer key)

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