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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. What happens in this chapter?

2. What does the schoolmaster rip out for Ned to keep?

3. Why is there no mention of survivors?

4. Who agrees to do the job for a five pound note?

5. What does the man who puts them up hope about the boys in dresses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the letter that the politician Cameron receives?

2. What do the police do to the women and children?

3. What are "blood letters"?

4. What makes one wonder if this is a dream at all?

5. What makes Ned decide he is fed up with being honorable?

6. How does Ned get the idea to build armor. How successful is the armor?

7. How does Ned get Mary to believe him about the "murders?"

8. What is ironic about what happens to both Ellen and Uncle James?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ned's last words are "such is life."

Part 1) What does he mean by this?

Part 2) What does this say about his character?

Part 3) What does this say about poor Irish Australians?

Essay Topic 2

Ned Kelly, according to the "Unmarked Prelude," is the author.

Part 1) Who is Ned Kelly?

Part 2) Why is he supposedly writing this story?

Part 3) What might Australians think of this story?

Essay Topic 3

After Red's death, Ellen entertains many suitors.

Part 1) Who are some of these suitors?

Part 2) What does she do to marry Bill Frost?

Part 3) How are these suitors similar to her dead husband?

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