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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 2, "His Life Ages 12-15".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ned realize James has done?
(a) Married his sister.
(b) Slept with his mother.
(c) Stolen horses.
(d) Started the fire,

2. THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG is what type of genre based around the life of famous bush ranger and Australian folk hero, Ned Kelly?
(a) Nonfiction.
(b) Myth.
(c) Science Fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

3. While staying with his aunts and uncles, at what does Ned become good?
(a) Breaking in horses.
(b) Plowing the fields.
(c) Stealing horses.
(d) Raising his family.

4. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?
(a) They are criminals.
(b) They are suitors.
(c) They want to help on the farm.
(d) They all love Ellen.

5. The creature turns out to be who, covered in thick sheets of iron, but not at the legs?
(a) Jem Kelly.
(b) Ned Kelly.
(c) Red Kelly.
(d) Cons Flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the age of twelve significant for Ned?

2. Who looks like an apparition of Red?

3. What eventually happens to Ned?

4. Who visits the home, and it is suggested that he makes an advance on Ellen? She responds by slapping him and calling him a coward.

5. For what do the police take Ned's father to prison?

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