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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Molly's plan?
(a) To stow away on a ship heading north, then walk to Jigalong.
(b) To get the train back to Jigalong.
(c) To hitch-hike and ask for help from farms and villages.
(d) To find the rabbit-proof fence and follow it to Jigalong.

2. How do the Aboriginal people make Jigalong a permanent 'sitting down place'?
(a) They build permanent houses.
(b) They chase out all the white people and claim it for themselves.
(c) They make it the gathering place for all the tribes.
(d) Sacred objects are brought and buried there.

3. Who volunteers to be their guide at the settlement?
(a) Martha Jones.
(b) Polly Martin.
(c) Edna Green.
(d) Bill.

4. Why do the girls want to speak up when Miss Campbell introduces them to the staff member?
(a) They want to tell her that they are from Jigalong, not Nullagine.
(b) They want to tell her that they do not want to be separated.
(c) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.
(d) They want to tell her that they are very hungry.

5. Why does Gracie leave the other two girls?
(a) To get a train to the settlement where her mother lives.
(b) She is cold and wants to ask for blankets at a nearby farm.
(c) To turn herself in to the authorities so that she can get some food.
(d) She is sick of being bossed around by Molly and wants to continue on her own.

6. What excuse does Molly give so that the three of them can stay behind when the other girls head out for school?
(a) She pretends to still be asleep.
(b) She says they need to empty the toilet bucket.
(c) She says they have forgotten their school books, so they have to go back to their room to get them.
(d) She pretends that Daisy is sick.

7. What do the girls think of the city?
(a) They find it boring.
(b) They think it is noisy and unfriendly.
(c) They think it is wonderful.
(d) They think it is exciting.

8. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?
(a) The children hope that the new arrivals might be able to escape.
(b) The children hope that the new arrivals will be their friends.
(c) The children hope that the new arrivals will get picked on instead of them.
(d) The children hope for news from back home.

9. Where do they stop off to hand the sick Aboriginal women over to the hospital?
(a) Perth.
(b) Fremantle.
(c) Marble Bar.
(d) Port Headland.

10. How does the grandmother protect the new baby from any evil spirits nearby?
(a) She covers the baby in a special salve.
(b) She places a protective amulet around the baby's neck.
(c) She sprinkles water on the baby.
(d) She insults the baby.

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

12. What is the punishment for running away?
(a) They are locked away from the other children permanently.
(b) They are branded with a mark that identifies them as runaways.
(c) Their heads are shaved and they are whipped.
(d) They are not allowed meat for a month.

13. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?
(a) They are an embarrassment.
(b) It is degrading for them to run around with the darker skinned children.
(c) They eat too much food.
(d) They are not getting a fair chance.

14. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?
(a) The beds always have sheets.
(b) Only on very cold nights.
(c) Only if they have been well behaved.
(d) Only when special visitors come.

15. Why is Violet Williams being punished?
(a) She hit a teacher.
(b) She was caught kissing a boy.
(c) She stole some food.
(d) She swore at a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the common view of half-caste children at this time?

2. Why is Molly confident that the tracker will not be able to follow them?

3. When do Aboriginal girls marry?

4. Where is Maude's baby born?

5. How do the girls keep warm that night?

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