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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 does Buck do to Evangeline just after she gives birth?

2. Where does Hazel go to work in Part IV?

3. In which town does Dr. Dunne want to try to "start again"?

4. Who in the Franklin family actually seems to enjoy Mathinna's company?

5. What does Evangeline say when she is asked what she will name her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Dunne do to ensure that Hazel will be able to look after Ruby when they depart the Medea?

2. What is the difficulty with Evangeline's labor on the Medea?

3. How does Mathinna feel about Hazel once they meet at the Franklin mansion?

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

5. What reason does Mathinna confront Lady Jane Franklin with for getting rid of Mathinna?

6. What happens to Olive's baby on the Medea?

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

8. Why is Dr. Dunne on the prison ship?

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

10. What does Mathinna think of Eleanor Franklin, her new "sister"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What important things does Evangeline learn from Hazel Rivers when they are in jail and then on the transport ship together about the ways of the world that she did not previously know? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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