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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. How hot does the ship get in the summer?

2. What street do the female convicts walk along as they make their way to the prison?

3. What does Hazel offer to steal back for Mathinna?

4. What does Mr. Block do with Mathinna?

5. What does Hazel wear in prison during her first weeks to make her feel better?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Hazel get hired to work and how does she end up getting along there?

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

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

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

6. What transgression does Mathinna commit in Part IV that results in the Franklins' shunning her?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mathinna run away from her settlement following the Franklins' visit, and why does she return? How is Mathinna treated when she returns to her settlement? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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