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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. What does Molly decide that night?
(a) That they must escape.
(b) That she must protect Gracie and Daisy.
(c) That she will never accept white culture.
(d) That they must play along with the rules so that they are not punished.

2. Who is Yellagonga?
(a) A war-loving tribal leader.
(b) An Aboriginal god.
(c) A peace-loving tribal leader.
(d) A powerful spirit ancestor.

3. What do the girls at Moore River wear as shoes?
(a) Sandals.
(b) Thin bark slippers.
(c) Big, heavy snow boots.
(d) They do not have shoes.

4. Who is the father of Maude's child?
(a) Protector of Aborigines, Constable Riggs.
(b) The Superintendent, Mr. Keeling.
(c) Her 'bilgur' (her betrothed).
(d) An inspector of the fence, Thomas Craig.

5. How do they justify this?
(a) They will die if they do not.
(b) The spirits of the ancestors told them to.
(c) The white people are evil.
(d) The food should be shared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Maude's baby born?

2. What were the new settlers advised to do?

3. What is a wuungku?

4. Why can't the girls eat the rabbit that Gracie catches?

5. What do a group of Aborigine men give the girls?

(see the answer key)

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