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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. Who hires Hazel for work?

2. How does Mathinna find out the Franklins have gone on holiday without her?

3. What is unusual about Evangeline's labor?

4. Why does Olive at first refuse to be Ruby's wet nurse?

5. What does Hazel name Evangeline's baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hazel and Olive unite to care for Ruby?

2. What happens to Evangeline right after her baby is born?

3. How does Hazel feel when Evangeline dies?

4. Why does Hazel beg Olive to act as Ruby's wet nurse?

5. What seed of doubt does Olive plant in Evangeline's mind about Cecil?

6. What are Hazel's first impressions of Van Diemen's Land?

7. What was Maeve Logan arrested for?

8. Why does Olive advise Hazel to watch herself and be careful at the prison?

9. What does Lady Franklin insist Mathinna must be taught before her big party in Part IV?

10. What happens to Waluka, and how does Mathinna react?

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

Why does the Medea's doctor eventually agree to let Hazel help treat some patients, and how does the doctor's attitude towards Hazel change over the course of the journey? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Evangeline view and use literature, and all of her learning and lessons, during the worst times of her travails in prison and on the transport ship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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