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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the gang find out Aaron is camping out?
(a) In town.
(b) In the Australian outback.
(c) On a farm.
(d) In a cave with several police.

2. Why can Ned not find a printer?
(a) There is no printer in town.
(b) The printer refuses to come out of his house.
(c) He has left town.
(d) The printer is murdered.

3. Why is Mary angry at Ned?
(a) She does not believe his story.
(b) He kills the constable.
(c) She is not sure what to think about the newspaper accounts of the "murders."
(d) He abandons her when she needs him most.

4. Where does Ned find the information about the Monitor?
(a) A cabin full of papers from the Civil War.
(b) In an old article on ocean craft.
(c) In a book about United States military tactics.
(d) In the local newspaper.

5. About what is his dream?
(a) Killing the police.
(b) Seeing Mary.
(c) Meeting his daughter.
(d) Freeing his mother.

6. Where is the gang headed when they meet up?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Moyhu.
(c) The Bush.
(d) Melbourne.

7. What does Thomas Crunow do?
(a) He saves the gang.
(b) He puts the cops on the wrong track.
(c) He crashes the train.
(d) He stops the train before it crashes.

8. What does the man who put them up call the boys in dresses?
(a) Good Irish boys.
(b) True Irishmen.
(c) Disgraces to bush rangers.
(d) Embarrrassing to him.

9. Why are all the men affected by this story?
(a) They know the Sons of Sieve.
(b) They are horse people.
(c) They feel embarrassed for what they have done.
(d) They are sad for Mary.

10. What does Aaron Skilling do to Joe?
(a) He injures him.
(b) He gets him high on the opium.
(c) He fights him.
(d) He embarrasses him.

11. Ned falls in love with Mary, and what does he buy her as a gift?
(a) A new pair of shoes.
(b) A hat.
(c) A purse.
(d) A dress.

12. How does this section end?
(a) Rather abruptly.
(b) It fades away.
(c) It slows to a stop.
(d) It becomes silent.

13. How does Ned find out he's a father?
(a) He receives a letter from San Francisco.
(b) Mary returns with their child.
(c) He receives a telegram from San Francisco.
(d) Mary calls him.

14. What will eventually lead to the end of Ned's quiet life?
(a) Being drawn back into the happenings of his family.
(b) Being friends with Alex Fitzgerald.
(c) Losing his job.
(d) Getting back into stealing horses.

15. Who betrays Kelly?
(a) Cons Flood.
(b) Thomas Crunow.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Jem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ned and his friends retreat?

2. When they return two weeks later, what do they find out?

3. What does Mary do to the constables?

4. The gang is fighting emotional stress, bad weather, disease, and is always just a few steps away from who?

5. Why do Ned and a group of close friends move to the country along the Wombat Ridges?

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