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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Mary's father's job?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A tinsmith.
(d) A goldsmith.
2. What is his other request?
(a) To tell his side of the story.
(b) To see his daughter before he dies.
(c) To be buried at his home.
(d) To have his mother released.
3. What do Joe, Steve, and Dan think is happening to Ned, until the news breaks out about the birth of Ned's child?
(a) He's going insane.
(b) He's leaving for America.
(c) They think someone has died.
(d) They think he has changed his plans.
4. Why does Mary feel she can tell the true story of the Sons of Sieve?
(a) She is a colonial Irish.
(b) She has heard the story as a young girl.
(c) She is true Irish, immigrated, not colonial.
(d) She is related to the Sons of Sieve.
5. Why will Ned and Dan offer to turn themselves in?
(a) They are trying to protect Ned's brother.
(b) If Ellen is released.
(c) If Ellen gets a lighter sentence.
(d) They are guilty.
6. What does the gang recruit men in their own county to do?
(a) Make armor and write "blood letters."
(b) Leave for America.
(c) Flee from the county.
(d) Join the gang.
7. What is the only reason Ned keeps writing?
(a) He wants his daughter to know who he is.
(b) He does not want to give in to despair.
(c) He wants Mary to know the truth.
(d) He wants an account for his gang to keep.
8. From whom does George King learn to steal horses?
(a) Local Australians.
(b) His father.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Natives in the Outback.
9. What do Ned and his group do in Jerilderie?
(a) They steal cattle.
(b) They rob the bank.
(c) They steal horses.
(d) They murder the police.
10. Why do Ned and Steve have two rails removed from the tracks?
(a) They will use the rails as weapons.
(b) The track is broken.
(c) The rails will be attached to their armor.
(d) The constables are going to be loaded on a train.
11. What does Mary do when she sees the boys show up in dresses?
(a) She beats him up.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She faints.
(d) She cries.
12. Where do Ned and his friends retreat?
(a) A nearby town.
(b) To a neighboring home.
(c) Deeper into the Australian wilderness.
(d) The local bar in town.
13. Barry refuses Ned and Dan's bargain, and what does he call them?
(a) Dead men.
(b) Louts.
(c) Miscreants.
(d) Losers.
14. After the fight ensues, what do the police do?
(a) Murder any hostages who come out trying to get away.
(b) They capture as many hostages as possible.
(c) They run away.
(d) They are only looking to kill Ned.
15. How does Thomas Crunow act?
(a) He is fearful of the gang.
(b) He is embarrassed for being such a coward.
(c) He is so condescending that he thinks nothing of what he has done, or of any of the people who hate him for it.
(d) He is ashamed of his behavior.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who agrees to do the job for a five pound note?
2. Why does Ned not want to go to the United States, even though he has the money?
3. What do Dan and Steve yell while wearing stolen dresses?
4. What does Mary do when Ned tells her why he can't go to the United States and will not change his mind?
5. What does Thomas Crunow do?
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