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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 Evangeline help Hazel with on the ship?

2. What is Evangeline's sentence?

3. What do white people call the island of Lutruwita?

4. Who does the mean-spirited sailor push hard as she gets onto the ship?

5. Who visits Mathinna's island in Part I and changes her life forever?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Evangeline meet Cecil Frederick Whitstone?

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

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

5. Who care for Mathinna before she is relocated to the governor's mansion?

6. What is Hazel's skill that soon becomes very important for Evangeline?

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

8. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the ruby ring, a family heirloom, that Cecil Whitstone gives to Evangeline, symbolize at different points in this novel and to different characters, including Evangeline, Agnes, and, later, Ruby Dunne? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Moore's writing style and tone throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ruby Dunne's personal and professional success as an adult run counter to the confines, restrictions, and limitations of the British hierarchical class strata of the time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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