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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What food does Mathinna's people eat much of on her island?
(a) Hazelnuts.
(b) Muttonbirds.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Lamb.
2. What does Evangeline do almost as soon as she reaches the group cell with the other women?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Brings out her knife.
(c) Faints.
(d) Screams.
3. What part of Van Diemen's Land do the Franklins live in?
(a) Merry Ground.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Hobart Town.
(d) Hartfordshire.
4. Where had Mathinna's sister been when she died?
(a) The Queen's Orphan School near Hobart Town.
(b) Lady Jane Franklin's house.
(c) Hetherington.
(d) Newgate Prison.
5. What is unusual about Mathinna's bedroom?
(a) There are no windows at all.
(b) There is no bed.
(c) There are three fireplaces.
(d) The windows are boarded over.
6. What is Hazel skilled in?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Midwifery.
7. What had Evangeline's father done for a living before he died?
(a) Barrister.
(b) Vicar.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Accountant.
8. What does Agnes tell Evangeline in Part I that Evangeline did not know was true until Agnes said it?
(a) Cecil was getting married to another woman.
(b) Evangeline was broke.
(c) The Lord of the house was going to fire Evangeline.
(d) Evangeline was pregnant.
9. What kind of pet does Mathinna take with her?
(a) A possum.
(b) A kangaroo.
(c) A rat.
(d) A r accoon.
10. Who suggests that Evangeline become a governess?
(a) The bishop's emissary.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her sister.
11. What is the name of the transport ship that Evangeline and the others take to Australia?
(a) The Medea.
(b) The Agnamemnon.
(c) The Borgia.
(d) The Ferret.
12. 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 gets angry and pushes Agnes, and Agnes falls down the stairs.
(d) Evangeline swings an axe at Agnes.
13. What does Evangeline work on with the visitors in Part I?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Making furniture.
(c) Needlework.
(d) Cooking.
14. What does Mathinna's mother give her that Mathinna cherishes?
(a) A hand-made knife with a pearl handle.
(b) A piece of sheet music she has composed.
(c) A corded bracelet.
(d) A necklace of shells.
15. After her sentencing, what line from a work of literature does Evangeline accidentally utter aloud?
(a) Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.
(b) A penny saved is a penny earned.
(c) Our little lives are rounded with a sleep.
(d) Et tu, Brutus?
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is one of Evangeline's favorite writers?
2. Where does Mathinna live in the beginning of Part I?
3. Who was Mathinna's sister who had died?
4. Who is the ship's surgeon?
5. What is the first major injury Hazel assists with on the ship?
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