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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the cops and Cons Hall set a trap for Uncle Jimmy and Pat Quinn?

2. What does Ellen do when she is convinced Bill is gone and will not come back?

3. Why is Ned sold to the bush ranger, Harry Power?

4. Why does Ned's mother call him a fool, and say they would not do the same for him if the situation were reversed?

5. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hare and Nicolson show Ned?

2. Why does Ned not know his mother has sold him to the bush ranger, Henry Power?

3. What do the Kellys do when Ellen decides they should take advantage of the Duffy Land Act?

4. What does Ned do when he sees Dick Shelton drowning in the creek?

5. How is successful is Henry at robbing stage coaches?

6. How does baby Ellen die?

7. Where does Ned move? Why?

8. What does Ben do that Ned protects him by doing his prison time?

9. What experience do the Kellys have with prison?

10. What happens during the fight between Ned and Wild?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ned goes from being an honorable young man, to a fugitive, and finally to a bush ranger.

Part 1) What evidence shows he is honorable?

Part 2) What turns him into a fugitive?

Part 3) What is a bush ranger? At what point does he become a bush ranger?

Essay Topic 2

Ned is compared to Robin Hood.

Part 1) Who is Robin Hood?

Part 2) Compare Ned and Robin Hood.

Part 3) Contrast Ned and Robin Hood.

Essay Topic 3

Ned's mother sells hims to Harry Power, a bush ranger.

Part 1) Why does she sell him to Harry Power?

Part 2) How is Ned's life changed by living with Harry?

Part 3) What advice does Harry give Ned that is the best advice he could ever receive? Why is it so good?

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