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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Mathinna live in the beginning of Part I?
(a) Potters Island.
(b) Flinders Island.
(c) Raynard Island.
(d) Avril Island.

3. What is the first major injury Hazel assists with on the ship?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) An eye injury.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A broken collarbone.

4. What is the name of the ship Mathinna travels to the Franklins' on?
(a) The Heydey.
(b) The Rose Marie.
(c) The Villain.
(d) The Cormorant.

5. What does Evangeline do almost as soon as she reaches the group cell with the other women?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Faints.
(c) Screams.
(d) Brings out her knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Cecil when Evangeline is facing Mrs. Whitstone and the police inspector?

2. What is the candle that the prison matron hands Evangeline made out of?

3. What do white people call the island of Lutruwita?

4. What part of Van Diemen's Land do the Franklins live in?

5. Where do Cecil and Evangeline mostly carry out their affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the first sort of friend Evangeline makes in the prison, and what is this person like?

2. How does wearing the numbered token on the ship make Evangeline feel?

3. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

4. How do the staff at the Franklins' generally treat Mathinna?

5. Why are the windows in Mathinna's room boarded up?

6. Why does Hazel tell Evangeline so many women get sentenced to transport to Australia?

7. What is Hazel's skill that soon becomes very important for Evangeline?

8. What are the words inscribed over the arch of Newgate Prison?

9. What pet does Mathinna bring with her to the Franklins' and why is it so important to her?

10. What happens to Hazel almost as soon as she arrives on the ship?

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