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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. What does the captain of the sloop tell Mathinna he used to kill?

2. What food does Mathinna's people eat much of on her island?

3. Who was the other boy who Lady Jane Franklin once took in?

4. What is Evangeline's sentence?

5. Where is Hazel from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the staff at the Franklins' generally treat Mathinna?

4. Who sets Evangeline's downfall into motion?

5. How does Evangeline meet Cecil Frederick Whitstone?

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

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

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

9. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

What important things does Evangeline learn from Hazel Rivers when they are in jail and then on the transport ship together about the ways of the world that she did not previously know? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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