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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 does Mathinna's mother give her that Mathinna cherishes?
(a) A piece of sheet music she has composed.
(b) A hand-made knife with a pearl handle.
(c) A necklace of shells.
(d) A corded bracelet.

2. Where is Hazel from?
(a) Glasgow.
(b) London.
(c) Hartfordshire.
(d) Edinburgh.

3. Who is one of the first people who speaks kindly to Evangeline when she arrives in prison?
(a) Reyna.
(b) Olive.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Hazel.

4. What is the relationship between Cecil and Mrs. Whitstone?
(a) Mrs. Whitstone is Cecil's sister.
(b) Mrs. Whitstone is Cecil's stepmother.
(c) Mrs. Whitstone is Cecil's husband.
(d) Mrs. Whitstone is Cecil's mother.

5. Who comes to visit the female convicts and act with kindess towards them?
(a) Amish.
(b) Lutherans.
(c) Protestants.
(d) Quakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Evangeline's father done for a living before he died?

2. Which colleague of Evangeline's does she fight often with?

3. What does Lady Jane take from Mathinna that hurts Mathinna badly?

4. What does Mathinna eat on the ship to the Franklins' house that she likes?

5. What other convict does Olive make friends with on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah tell Mathinna that Lady Franklin got rid of the last tribal child she took in?

2. Which sailor is abusive towards the women, and how does he treat them on the Medea?

3. How does Evangeline come to be a governess for the Whitstone family?

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

5. What does Lady Franklin take from Mathinna for her "collection" that Mathinna resents?

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

7. What are some of the most grotesque things in Lady Jane Franklin's collection?

8. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

9. Why does Mathinna hide in the bush for days in Part I?

10. Who are some of the first people to show Evangeline and the other female convicts some kindness?

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