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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 feeds Evangeline's baby for her?

2. What happens to Olive's baby?

3. What does Dr. Dunne tell Hazel her only task is after Evangeline is gone?

4. What does Hazel do in her new job?

5. What is the crime for unwed pregnancy at the prison in Van Diemen's Land?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hazel end up getting special gifts and items on the Medea in Part III?

3. What happens when Hazel is processed into the prison in Australia that breaks her heart?

4. What was Maeve Logan arrested for?

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

6. What does Mathinna tell visitors at the Franklins' Sunday lunch that she then says she is lying about, even though she is not?

7. What does Hazel hide for Evangeline?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 Olive Rivers suspect - from her own experiences and what she overhears in pubs and brothels from power brokers in British society - that the real reason is for Britain sentencing so many women to transport to Australia, and how does Evangeline react to this theory? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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