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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 is the crime for unwed pregnancy at the prison in Van Diemen's Land?
(a) Eight years working in the wood shop.
(b) Death.
(c) One year in solitary confinement.
(d) Six months in the crime yard.

2. How hot does the ship get in the summer?
(a) About 70 degrees.
(b) More than 120 degrees.
(c) About 90 degrees.
(d) About 80 degrees.

3. What street do the female convicts walk along as they make their way to the prison?
(a) Harper Street.
(b) Magellan Avene.
(c) Macquarie Street.
(d) Soldier's Row.

4. What topic does Mathinna really take well to and excel at?
(a) Math.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) French.

5. Why does Hazel beg Olive to become Ruby's wet nurse after her first few weeks in the nursery?
(a) Ruby is not getting enough milk and she might die.
(b) Hazel promised Dr. Dunne that she would keep Ruby safe so he could adopt her in a few years.
(c) The managers of the nursery will just leave Ruby outside to die if she is too fussy.
(d) Hazel will lose her allowance from the state if Ruby dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hazel's own mother often buy instead of food?

2. What does Hazel get in return for her cures and medicines?

3. What does Hazel think she cannot ever forgive her own mother for?

4. How does Evangeline feel after defending the person who was being assaulted?

5. What is the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hazel hide for Evangeline?

2. What seed of doubt does Olive plant in Evangeline's mind about Cecil?

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

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

5. What does Lady Franklin insist Mathinna must be taught before her big party in Part IV?

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

7. Why does Hazel beg Olive to act as Ruby's wet nurse?

8. Why does Olive advise Hazel to watch herself and be careful at the prison?

9. Where does Hazel get hired to work and how does she end up getting along there?

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

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