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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: What Happened to Them? Where Are They Now?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the girls told they are not allowed to do at the school?
(a) Speak their own language.
(b) Have lessons together.
(c) Play games.
(d) Worship their own gods.

2. What does Molly do when she is refused permission to visit home?
(a) She kills the matron of Moore River.
(b) She escapes again.
(c) She sends a letter to the Jigalong Superintendent begging for help.
(d) She refuses to eat.

3. How does the Superintendent feel about the baby?
(a) He says nice things.
(b) He thinks she is disgusting.
(c) He is angry with Maude.
(d) He is embarrassed that she was born at his station.

4. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?
(a) The workers killed a Mardudjara tribe on the site.
(b) The workers refused to share their food.
(c) The workers burned down large areas of brush to build on.
(d) The workers dug up a sacred site.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miss Campbell hand the girls over to when they reach the Moore River School?

2. What does Captain Fremantle want?

3. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?

4. As they go through the city, what suddenly frightens the girls?

5. How do the settlers allocate land?

(see the answer key)

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