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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 Olive warn Hazel about in Part IV?

2. Where was Dr. Dunne raised?

3. What topic does Mathinna really take well to and excel at?

4. Where does Dr. Dunne suggest Hazel work when she gets to Van Diemen's Land?

5. What happens to Olive's baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hazel hide for Evangeline?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Evangeline help Hazel on the ship in Part III?

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

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

10. What does Dr. Dunne give Hazel as a gift when she departs the Medea, and how does Hazel react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 Evangeline's experiences as a prisoner and then a convict change her perceptions of herself and of her own behavior? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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