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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 remember most vividly about the last time she sees Evangeline?
(a) Evangeline's calmness.
(b) Evangeline's plea to Hazel.
(c) The hem of Evangeline's dress as she hovers on the railing.
(d) The look of terror in Evangeline's eyes.

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

3. What ailment did Dr. Dunne's father misdiagnose?
(a) Dengue Fever.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Appendicitis.

4. Why does Dr. Dunne list who he does as Ruby's mother on the birth certificate?
(a) She will get the allowance for the child.
(b) She will get to decide which school Ruby goes to.
(c) She will be permitted to take Ruby with her when she leaves prison.
(d) Then she can visit Ruby in the nursery.

5. Who takes care of Mathinna when she grows very ill?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Mrs. Crain.
(d) Eleanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Liza do to be put in prison?

2. What do the group of women in the prison who cause a lot of trouble call themselves?

3. Who ends up teaching Mathinna most of her lessons?

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

5. What is the crime for unwed pregnancy at the prison in Van Diemen's Land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Dunne give Hazel as a gift when she departs the Medea, and how does Hazel react?

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

3. What does Mathinna tell visitors at the Franklins' Sunday lunch that she then says she is lying about, even though she is not?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What reason does Mathinna confront Lady Jane Franklin with for getting rid of Mathinna?

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