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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. In which town does Dr. Dunne want to try to "start again"?
(a) Villingsfire.
(b) Harfordshire.
(c) Hobart Town.
(d) Billingham.

2. Why is Hazel allowed to keep her hair when she arrives at the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land?
(a) It is short hair.
(b) The authorities will sell it for wigs later.
(c) She does not have lice.
(d) She begs to keep it.

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

4. What does Evangeline compare life experiences to in order to try to cheer Olive up?
(a) Growth rings in a tree.
(b) Clouds in the sky.
(c) Waves on the ocean.
(d) Pancakes on a griddle.

5. What do Hazel and Olive call Evangeline?
(a) Eve.
(b) Gellie.
(c) Angel.
(d) Leenie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hazel so upset after seeing Ruby when Ruby is transferred out of the nursery?

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

3. What happens to Olive's baby?

4. How hot does the ship get in the summer?

5. What does Hazel wear in prison during her first weeks to make her feel better?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hazel hide for Evangeline?

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

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

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

7. How does Hazel feel when Evangeline dies?

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

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

10. What is the difficulty with Evangeline's labor on the Medea?

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