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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olive say about the fate of her baby?
(a) It would never have happened in the doctor knew what he was doing.
(b) It was God's punishment.
(c) She is better off.
(d) It was Hazel's fault.

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

3. What does Hazel do in her new job?
(a) Taking care of pets.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Housecleaning and some kitchen work.

4. What did Hazel's own mother often buy instead of food?
(a) Rum.
(b) Silver.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Opium.

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

6. What is the crime for unwed pregnancy at the prison in Van Diemen's Land?
(a) Six months in the crime yard.
(b) Death.
(c) Eight years working in the wood shop.
(d) One year in solitary confinement.

7. Who is Mathinna's governess?
(a) Everly.
(b) Mrs. Crain.
(c) Evangeline.
(d) Miss Williamson.

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

9. What does Evangeline compare life experiences to in order to try to cheer Olive up?
(a) Pancakes on a griddle.
(b) Growth rings in a tree.
(c) Waves on the ocean.
(d) Clouds in the sky.

10. What does Evangeline discover in Hazel's sack of goods as payment for her medicines?
(a) Her ticket.
(b) Her ruby ring.
(c) Her earrings.
(d) Cecil's handkerchief.

11. What is the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land called?
(a) The Cascades.
(b) The Fender.
(c) The Hail Mary.
(d) Newgate.

12. Where does Dr. Dunne suggest Hazel work when she gets to Van Diemen's Land?
(a) The nursery.
(b) The laundry.
(c) The wood shop.
(d) The kitchen.

13. How old is Dr. Dunne?
(a) 56.
(b) 30.
(c) 42.
(d) 26.

14. In which town does Dr. Dunne want to try to "start again"?
(a) Villingsfire.
(b) Hobart Town.
(c) Billingham.
(d) Harfordshire.

15. What does Olive warn Hazel about in Part IV?
(a) There are rumors that Hazel is stealing from everyone.
(b) Some of the other convicts have it in for Hazel for what they see as her favorable treatment.
(c) Some convicts are plotting to kill Hazel soon.
(d) There are rumors that Hazel is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Evangeline feel after defending the person who was being assaulted?

2. What animals do Hazel and Olive see that they are flabbergasted by the sight of?

3. Why is Hazel allowed to keep her hair when she arrives at the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land?

4. Who takes care of Mathinna when she grows very ill?

5. What does Hazel steal for Mathinna when Mathinna leaves the Franklins'?

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