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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 witnesses what Buck does to Evangeline?

2. Who does Dr. Dunne put on Ruby's birth certificate as her mother?

3. Why is Hazel so upset after seeing Ruby when Ruby is transferred out of the nursery?

4. What does Evangeline compare life experiences to in order to try to cheer Olive up?

5. Who tries to save Evangeline from what her attacker does to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the ruby ring, a family heirloom, that Cecil Whitstone gives to Evangeline, symbolize at different points in this novel and to different characters, including Evangeline, Agnes, and, later, Ruby Dunne? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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