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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the keeper of the boardinghouse where Tom stays in Point Partageuse in Part One: Chapter 2?
(a) Len Bradshaw.
(b) Hannah Roennfeldt.
(c) Trimble Docherty.
(d) Mrs. Mewett.

2. What does Isabelle dress the baby in after she first bathes it in Part Two: Chapter 10?
(a) A pink dress.
(b) A white dress.
(c) A blue dress.
(d) A yellow dress.

3. What did the couple do for a living that took in Septimus Potts in Kojonup?
(a) They were apple pickers.
(b) They were bakers.
(c) They were sandalwood pullers.
(d) They were coal miners.

4. For how long have Tom and Isabel been on Janus Rock in the beginning of Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

5. Who is the doctor that Isabel goes to see in Part Two: Chapter 14?
(a) Dr. Griffiths.
(b) Dr. Sumpton.
(c) Dr. Bradshaw.
(d) Dr. Docherty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tom go to a boardinghouse to find his mother in Part One: Chapter 8?

2. Where does the Disctrict Officer come from to sign off on Tom's paperwork in Part Two: Chapter 14?

3. Where did Tom and Isabel go for their honeymoon?

4. On what day of the week does Tom hoist the ensign at Janus Rock?

5. In what year did Septimus convince the baronet to invest in a land deal, according to the narrator in Part Two: Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isabel do with the infant when she takes it from Tom in Part Two: Chapter 10?

2. What is related of Septimus Potts's childhood in Part Two: Chapter 16?

3. When and where does Part One: Chapter 1 begin?

4. Why is Tom initially given the temporary assignment at Janus Rock?

5. What happens to the dead body in Part Two: Chapter 11?

6. What event is described in the novel's prologue? When does this event occur?

7. How does Tom travel to Janus Rock in Part One: Chapter 3? Who accompanies him?

8. What led to the estrangement between Hannah and her father? When was it resolved?

9. Who are Violet and Bill Graysmark and how are these characters described?

10. What is revealed in the letter that Hannah receives in Part Two: Chapter 16?

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