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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. Who does Dr. Dunne put on Ruby's birth certificate as her mother?
(a) Liza.
(b) Olive.
(c) Evnageline.
(d) Hazel.

2. What did Liza do to be put in prison?
(a) She stole money from the business she worked for as its accountant.
(b) She killed someone.
(c) She stole repeatedly from shops.
(d) Prostitution.

3. Who dies as the ship heads into the Indian Ocean?
(a) Buck.
(b) Olive.
(c) Ann Darter.
(d) Dr. Dunne.

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

5. What does Olive warn Hazel about in Part IV?
(a) Some convicts are plotting to kill Hazel soon.
(b) There are rumors that Hazel is pregnant.
(c) There are rumors that Hazel is stealing from everyone.
(d) Some of the other convicts have it in for Hazel for what they see as her favorable treatment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hazel's one goal once she gets to the Cascades?

3. Where does Mathinna spend as little time as possible?

4. What does Lady Jane insist on Mathinna learning for the ball?

5. What does Evangeline say when she is asked what she will name her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mathinna think of Eleanor Franklin, her new "sister"?

2. What transgression does Mathinna commit in Part IV that results in the Franklins' shunning her?

3. How do Hazel and Olive unite to care for Ruby?

4. How does Evangeline help Hazel on the ship in Part III?

5. What happens to Evangeline right after her baby is born?

6. What happens to Olive's baby on the Medea?

7. What are Hazel's first impressions of Van Diemen's Land?

8. What is Buck's punishment for what happens to Evangeline?

9. What does Dr. Dunne do to ensure that Hazel will be able to look after Ruby when they depart the Medea?

10. What happens to Waluka, and how does Mathinna react?

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