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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. Where do Ned and his friends retreat?
(a) A nearby town.
(b) Deeper into the Australian wilderness.
(c) To a neighboring home.
(d) The local bar in town.

2. What does the schoolmaster rip out for Ned to keep?
(a) One of Shakespeare's sonnets.
(b) Two pages of Henry V.
(c) A story about the Native Americans.
(d) An article about the Monitor.

3. On whom do Ned and Joe spy?
(a) The constables.
(b) Sgt. Kennedy.
(c) Constable Flood.
(d) George King.

4. Why does Ned not take Mrs Goodman up on her offer to dance?
(a) He does not like her.
(b) He wants to dance with Mary instead.
(c) He does not know how to dance.
(d) He is afraid of her.

5. Of what does Constable Flood accuse Dan?
(a) Killing a cop.
(b) Stealing the horses.
(c) Stealing from a neighbor.
(d) Sleeping with Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does George King learn to steal horses?

2. What does Mary do to the constables?

3. Ned falls in love with Mary, and what does he buy her as a gift?

4. Why are all the men affected by this story?

5. Of what is Ned falsely accused?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the sudden abruptness of the chapter suggest?

2. What happens between Ned and Mary?

3. How does Ned get the revelation to rob banks and give the money away?

4. How does Thomas Crunow betray the gang?

5. For what does Ned request before he dies? What happens to these requests?

6. What happens to Ned when he thanks the man who admits Ned did not steal his horse?

7. What are "blood letters"?

8. What happens once the fight ensues?

9. Why does Ned hear from Mary? How does he react?

10. What happens to the two constables the gang ambushes?

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