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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hazel offer to steal back for Mathinna?
(a) Her mother's necklace.
(b) Her traditional dress.
(c) Her diamond ring.
(d) Her traditional headband.

3. What animals do Hazel and Olive see that they are flabbergasted by the sight of?
(a) Kangaroos.
(b) Giraffes.
(c) Rhinos.
(d) Gorillas.

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

5. What does Dr. Dunne give Hazel when she leaves the ship?
(a) His handkerchief.
(b) A ring.
(c) A book of poetry.
(d) His copy of The Tempest.

6. What does Hazel get in return for her cures and medicines?
(a) Special items in bartered payments.
(b) Face creams.
(c) A lighter sentence.
(d) Nail polish.

7. Who does Dr. Dunne put on Ruby's birth certificate as her mother?
(a) Olive.
(b) Evnageline.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Liza.

8. What ailment did Dr. Dunne's father misdiagnose?
(a) Dengue Fever.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Appendicitis.

9. Who dies as the ship heads into the Indian Ocean?
(a) Buck.
(b) Dr. Dunne.
(c) Olive.
(d) Ann Darter.

10. What does Evangeline say when she is asked what she will name her baby?
(a) She will name her after her father.
(b) She will name her after her mother.
(c) She had not dared to think that far ahead.
(d) She will name her Hazel.

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

12. Who does Mathinna start to think is the only person who is kind to her in the household?
(a) Evangeline.
(b) Olive.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Liza.

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

14. Why does Dr. Dunne list who he does as Ruby's mother on the birth certificate?
(a) She will get to decide which school Ruby goes to.
(b) She will get the allowance for the child.
(c) Then she can visit Ruby in the nursery.
(d) She will be permitted to take Ruby with her when she leaves prison.

15. What topic does Mathinna really take well to and excel at?
(a) History.
(b) Geography.
(c) French.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of party does Eleanor Franklin have when she turns 18?

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

4. What color in the sky meant a storm was on the way?

5. What does Hazel wear in prison during her first weeks to make her feel better?

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