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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 hand-made knife with a pearl handle.
(b) A piece of sheet music she has composed.
(c) A necklace of shells.
(d) A corded bracelet.

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

3. Who is the ship's surgeon?
(a) Dr. Hartfrord.
(b) Dr. Henry.
(c) Dr. Smithwick.
(d) Dr. Dunne.

4. What part of Van Diemen's Land do the Franklins live in?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Hartfordshire.
(c) Merry Ground.
(d) Hobart Town.

5. Why does Mathinna make her way back to the settlement after running away for several days?
(a) She actually does really want to move in with the Franklins.
(b) Hunger and desperation drive her back.
(c) She feels guilty for betraying her mother.
(d) She has a fever and knows she needs medical care.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mathinna supposed to wear the governor's mansion for special occasions?

3. Who does the mean-spirited sailor push hard as she gets onto the ship?

4. Who comes to visit the female convicts and act with kindess towards them?

5. What name did the white people give to Mathinna?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Evangeline meet Cecil Frederick Whitstone?

4. What are the few things Evangeline is given when she is booked at Newgate Prison?

5. Why does Lady Jane Franklin seem to like to take in tribal children to her home occasionally?

6. What does Mathinna think of the clothes Lady Franklin has set out for her?

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

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

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

10. What does Dr. Dunne, the ship's surgeon, seem to think of Evangeline when he first meets her?

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