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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the captain of the Koolinda, the ship that will take them south to Fremantle?
(a) Captain Fremantle.
(b) Captain Smith.
(c) Captain Freeman.
(d) Captain Stirling.

2. What was the common view of half-caste children at this time?
(a) That they were more intelligent than other Aboriginal children.
(b) That they were inferior to the 'pure whites' and 'pure blacks.'
(c) That they would not love their darker skinned families.
(d) That they were monsters.

3. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?
(a) There is a large storm coming.
(b) They do not have enough food.
(c) Isolation and lack of weapons make them vulnerable.
(d) The Aboriginal men fight them off.

4. How does the sight of the large river make Molly feel?
(a) Happy to be out among nature again.
(b) Trapped, like a prisoner.
(c) Like a stranger in this part of the country.
(d) Afraid, because she has never seen anything like it.

5. How are black servants paid?
(a) They are not paid with anything.
(b) With money.
(c) With warm blankets.
(d) With rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who names the baby Molly?

2. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?

3. What excuse does Molly give so that the three of them can stay behind when the other girls head out for school?

4. What are the girls told they are not allowed to do at the school?

5. Where do they spend the night before traveling on to Moore River?

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