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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. Why does Agnes accuse Evangeline of trying to kill her?

2. What happened to female convicts on the transport ship for repeated offenses?

3. Who is Mathinna's stepfather?

4. What do the visitors to Newgate in Part I bring for the women?

5. Where does Evangeline live and work early in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the windows in Mathinna's room boarded up?

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

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

5. What does Mathinna think of the clothes Lady Franklin has set out for her?

6. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

7. What are the few things Evangeline is given when she is booked at Newgate Prison?

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

9. Why does Hazel tell Evangeline so many women get sentenced to transport to Australia?

10. Who is the first sort of friend Evangeline makes in the prison, and what is this person like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Evangeline view and use literature, and all of her learning and lessons, during the worst times of her travails in prison and on the transport ship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are the series of actions that lead to the authorities in the Cascades discovering that Hazel is not Ruby's mother, and what are the consequences of this revelation? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Mathinna run away from her settlement following the Franklins' visit, and why does she return? How is Mathinna treated when she returns to her settlement? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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