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

2. What is Mathinna supposed to wear the governor's mansion for special occasions?

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

4. What does the captain of the sloop tell Mathinna he was told to treat her as?

5. What is unusual about Mathinna's bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who are some of the first people to show Evangeline and the other female convicts some kindness?

6. Who sets Evangeline's downfall into motion?

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

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

9. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What does the Franklins' treatment of Mathinna in Part I of the novel, and their desire to take her home with them despite knowing nothing about her culture or traditions, reveal about the broader British aristocracy's attitudes towards the Australian aboriginals? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the character Daniel Buck represents, and do you think justice is served in the way Buck eventually meets his end? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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