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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 charges are brought against Evangeline?

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

3. Who manages the household staff at the governor's mansion?

4. What does Evangeline work on with the visitors in Part I?

5. What is the one play that Hazel remembers seeing as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Evangeline get charged with attempted murder?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What are the series of actions that lead to the authorities in the Cascades discovering that Hazel is not Ruby's mother, and what are the consequences of this revelation? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does Moore reveal about the treatment of female convicts in England in the mid-1800s through Evangeline's early experiences in the prison system and the courts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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