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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. Who says that Mary Brenham can read and write?
(a) Reverend Johnson.
(b) Governor Phillip.
(c) Judige Collins.
(d) Dabby Bryant.

2. What book does John Wisehammer say that his father found in a house he was clearing out?
(a) The Age of Reason.
(b) Johnson's dictionary A-L.
(c) Johnson's dictionary M-Z.
(d) Candide.

3. What is Dabby Bryant doing at the Beginning of Act One: Scene 8?
(a) Eating.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Walking back and forth.
(d) Sitting on the ground.

4. What is Mary doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 10?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Walking.
(c) Copying the play.
(d) Sewing.

5. Where does Dabby say that Liz Morden lives chained up?
(a) Shed.
(b) Backyard.
(c) Garden.
(d) Cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Meg Long described in Act One: Scene 5?

2. How much food does Dabby say that Mary had on board the ship thanks to her?

3. Who is playing Captain Plume?

4. When does Ralph plan to have the play performed?

5. Where other than Australia do Eucalyptus trees grow, according to Harry Brewer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wisehammer's father used to do, and what did his father find that particularly interested him?

2. What is Ralph Clark doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 9?

3. What news do Ross and Campbell bring in Act One, Scene 11?

4. What discussion is there about Duckling playing Liz Morden's maid?

5. In Act One: Scene 8, what is Dabby thinking about?

6. What is the name of the new community, and why is that name chosen?

7. What does Duckling want from Harry in Act One: Scene 7?

8. How is it discovered that Liz Morden cannot read?

9. Why does Harry Brewer say that he could have been one of the convicts?

10. In Act One, Scene 3, what is a common punishment, and how does it affect the person being punished?

(see the answer keys)

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