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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 Hazel use for many of her remedies?
(a) Magic.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Water.

2. What do white people call the island of Lutruwita?
(a) Flinders.
(b) Cosco.
(c) Van Diemen's Land.
(d) Wybalenna.

3. What is Hazel skilled in?
(a) Midwifery.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Cooking.

4. How does Evangeline come to think of her baby?
(a) As a reason to live.
(b) As a burden.
(c) As a way to potentially make money later.
(d) She is indifferent to the baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that Evangeline become a governess?

2. Who is Mathinna's stepfather?

3. Who is the midshipman on the ship Evangeline takes to Australia?

4. What prison does Evangeline arrive at in 1840?

5. Why does Mathinna make her way back to the settlement after running away for several days?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Evangeline meet Cecil Frederick Whitstone?

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

6. Who sets Evangeline's downfall into motion?

7. Who care for Mathinna before she is relocated to the governor's mansion?

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

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

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

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