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

2. What does Lady Jane take from Mathinna that hurts Mathinna badly?

3. What does Cecil give Evangeline that begins all of Evangeline's troubles?

4. What is the name of Mathinna's pet?

5. Which street do the women have to walk down on their way to the ships in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who sets Evangeline's downfall into motion?

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

10. What are some of the most grotesque things in Lady Jane Franklin's collection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lady Franklin seem to want Mathinna to come to live with her family so badly, and how have similar "experiments" of Lady Franklin's turned out in the past? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In Evangeline's experiences, who are some of the characters that display some compassion and empathy? Which characters are more exploitative? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How do the circumstances around Maeve Logan's conviction - for witchcraft - explain some of the biases and unfairness women in that time and place endured? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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