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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 tries to save Evangeline from what her attacker does to her?

2. Who feeds Evangeline's baby for her?

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

4. What does Olive say about the fate of her baby?

5. Why is Hazel so bereft during her first few days and weeks in the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Buck's punishment for what happens to Evangeline?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was Maeve Logan arrested for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What does Moore reveal about the treatment of female convicts in England in the mid-1800s through Evangeline's early experiences in the prison system and the courts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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