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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that Evangeline become a governess?

2. Who comes to visit the female convicts and act with kindess towards them?

3. Where do Cecil and Evangeline mostly carry out their affair?

4. What does Evangeline do almost as soon as she reaches the group cell with the other women?

5. Who manages the household staff at the governor's mansion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lady Franklin take from Mathinna for her "collection" that Mathinna resents?

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

4. How does wearing the numbered token on the ship make Evangeline feel?

5. Why does Sarah tell Mathinna that Lady Franklin got rid of the last tribal child she took in?

6. What are the words inscribed over the arch of Newgate Prison?

7. How does Evangeline meet Cecil Frederick Whitstone?

8. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

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

10. What does Dr. Dunne, the ship's surgeon, seem to think of Evangeline when he first meets her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Moore reveal about the treatment of female convicts in England in the mid-1800s through Evangeline's early experiences in the prison system and the courts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Evangeline's experiences as a prisoner and then a convict change her perceptions of herself and of her own behavior? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What eventually leads to Mathinna's downfall in the eyes of the Franklins? How does Mathinna feel about being placed back in institutional care after the Franklins leave Australia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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