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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 say about the fate of her baby?

2. What does Buck do to Evangeline just after she gives birth?

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

4. What is the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land called?

5. What did Hazel's own mother often buy instead of food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Hazel feel when Evangeline dies?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think the character Daniel Buck represents, and do you think justice is served in the way Buck eventually meets his end? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why and when does Hazel begin to realize how much Evangeline really meant to her, and how does she plan to try to honor Evangeline's memory? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does the Franklins' treatment of Mathinna in Part I of the novel, and their desire to take her home with them despite knowing nothing about her culture or traditions, reveal about the broader British aristocracy's attitudes towards the Australian aboriginals? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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