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

2. Who is the ship's surgeon?

3. Where is Cecil when Evangeline is facing Mrs. Whitstone and the police inspector?

4. Which colleague of Evangeline's does she fight often with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What pet does Mathinna bring with her to the Franklins' and why is it so important to her?

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

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

4. Who sets Evangeline's downfall into motion?

5. Which sailor is abusive towards the women, and how does he treat them on the Medea?

6. Why does Lady Jane Franklin seem to like to take in tribal children to her home occasionally?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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