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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to female convicts on the transport ship for repeated offenses?
(a) They were thrown overboard.
(b) Their heads were roughly shaved.
(c) They were sentenced to scrub pots.
(d) They were sentenced to scrub the decks.

2. Who was the other boy who Lady Jane Franklin once took in?
(a) Gerlon.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Timeo.
(d) Pavela.

3. Which street do the women have to walk down on their way to the ships in Part I?
(a) Hartfordshire Row.
(b) Bailey Street.
(c) Charing Cross Road.
(d) Picadilly Circus.

4. Who is one of the first people who speaks kindly to Evangeline when she arrives in prison?
(a) Olive.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Reyna.

5. Why does Agnes accuse Evangeline of trying to kill her?
(a) Evangeline points a gun at Agnes.
(b) Evangeline draws a knife on Agnes.
(c) Evangeline swings an axe at Agnes.
(d) Evangeline gets angry and pushes Agnes, and Agnes falls down the stairs.

6. Who was Mathinna's sister who had died?
(a) Wampona.
(b) Traobrow.
(c) Wanganip.
(d) Teanic.

7. Who is Mathinna's stepfather?
(a) Hedrow.
(b) Palle.
(c) Tapnic.
(d) Trabrow.

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

9. What does Cecil give Evangeline that begins all of Evangeline's troubles?
(a) A valuable ruby ring.
(b) A car.
(c) A painting.
(d) A lamp.

10. What does the captain of the sloop tell Mathinna he used to kill?
(a) Whales.
(b) Koala bears.
(c) Kangaroo.
(d) Seals.

11. What do the visitors to Newgate in Part I bring for the women?
(a) Clothes and Bibles.
(b) Shakespeare's books.
(c) Sheet music.
(d) Money.

12. Who suggests that Evangeline become a governess?
(a) Her stepmother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) The bishop's emissary.
(d) Her husband.

13. What does Lady Jane take from Mathinna that hurts Mathinna badly?
(a) Mathinna's brother's sandals.
(b) Mathinna's one ring.
(c) Mathinna's father's knife.
(d) Mathinna's mother's necklace.

14. What prison does Evangeline arrive at in 1840?
(a) Newgate.
(b) Dolcet.
(c) Framingham.
(d) Rinwood.

15. What does Hazel use for many of her remedies?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Magic.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the ship's surgeon?

2. What had Evangeline's father done for a living before he died?

3. What does Mathinna's mother give her that Mathinna cherishes?

4. What is the name of the ship Mathinna travels to the Franklins' on?

5. Who comes to visit the female convicts and act with kindess towards them?

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