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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 is taking place in Ned's dream?

2. About what is his dream?

3. Why does Ned get into an argument with Steve Hart?

4. What does the government do with these requests?

5. Why is there no mention of survivors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the gang get split up?

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

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

4. What do Dan, Joe, and Ned do?

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

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

7. What happens once the fight ensues?

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

9. What happens to Ned's accounts of the true story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The gang, and others, write "blood letters."

Part 1) What are "blood letters"?

Part 2) To whom do they specifically write letters?

Part 3) Are these letters successful?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Ned is often betrayed by those he trusts.

Part 1) Who betrays him?

Part 2) How is he betrayed?

Part 3) How does he handle these betrayals? Is it always the same? Why or why not?

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