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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why is Hazel allowed to keep her hair when she arrives at the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land?
(a) The authorities will sell it for wigs later.
(b) She does not have lice.
(c) She begs to keep it.
(d) It is short hair.

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

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

5. Where was Dr. Dunne raised?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Hartfordshire.
(d) Warwick.

6. Why is Hazel so bereft during her first few days and weeks in the prison?
(a) She misses her mother terribly.
(b) She is being assaulted by the head guard.
(c) Olive and Evangeline are both dead.
(d) Ruby has been taken away from her.

7. What does Evangeline do in her last moments?
(a) Thinks of her favorite teacher.
(b) Tries to stop struggling against drowning.
(c) Thinks of Cecil.
(d) Tells Hazel to take care of her baby.

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

9. What is Eleanor Franklin's appearance?
(a) Unusually unattractive.
(b) Stunningly beautiful.
(c) Rather plain.
(d) Very average.

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

11. What happens to Olive's baby?
(a) He dies several days after birth.
(b) He starves to death when he is about three months old.
(c) One of the sailors with a grudge throws him overboard.
(d) He is stillborn.

12. What does Mathinna do at the ball that gets her in great trouble?
(a) She eats with her hands instead of with cutlery.
(b) She tells everyone how mean the Franklins are.
(c) She dances wildly and embarrasses the Franklins.
(d) She curses and spits at the guests.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hazel and Olive call Evangeline?

2. What does Evangeline compare life experiences to in order to try to cheer Olive up?

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

4. What street do the female convicts walk along as they make their way to the prison?

5. What is unusual about Evangeline's labor?

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