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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their walk around the grounds, what do they see a group of the children doing near the milking sheds?
(a) Trying to escape.
(b) Playing rounders.
(c) Huddling together for warmth.
(d) Stealing extra food.

2. When the girls reach the heathlands, what do they see?
(a) Beautiful and unusual wildflowers.
(b) A large lake blocking their way.
(c) A large lake blocking their way.
(d) Strange animals.

3. Why does the Protector of Aborigines think there is no point in trying to recapture Molly and Daisy?
(a) They would become violent if forced away from their families again.
(b) They would only keep escaping again, because they know how to survive in the bush.
(c) They obviously think of themselves as black.
(d) They would have to be separated or locked up, and this would be worse than being in the bush.

4. What is 'the boob'?
(a) A building where girls are locked up as punishment.
(b) A torture device used for punishing bad children.
(c) A building where the food is kept.
(d) A scary pit that girls are made to spend the night in as punishment.

5. When the girls hear footsteps they quickly hide. What do the girls think they see?
(a) A witch.
(b) A flesh-eating spirit.
(c) One of their gods.
(d) A strange animal.

6. When do Aboriginal girls marry?
(a) At twenty-five.
(b) Aboriginal people do not have a concept of marriage.
(c) Between five and ten years old.
(d) As adolescents.

7. What did Mr. Keeling, the Superintendent at Jigalong depot, write in a letter that was ignored?
(a) That the half-caste children might be dangerous if placed into white society.
(b) That the Aborigines would become violent if their children were taken away.
(c) That the half-caste children tend more towards black culture than white.
(d) That the half-caste children would be very unhappy if taken away from their families.

8. What will actually happen to them?
(a) They will be sent to work as servants in England.
(b) They will be sent further away from their families to work on dairy farms.
(c) They will be imprisoned.
(d) They will be kept in a settlement for half-caste girls for the rest of their lives.

9. Who does Miss Campbell hand the girls over to when they reach the Moore River School?
(a) The caretaker.
(b) Miss Evans.
(c) Martha Jones.
(d) Polly Martin.

10. The girls meet two other half-caste girls, called Eva and Nora. What do these two girls think will happen to them soon?
(a) They will carry on with education and go to university.
(b) They will marry rich white men.
(c) They will get a job on a station near their families.
(d) They will be given jobs at a school in the city.

11. When the girls meet a man on a bike while walking along the fence, what does the man do?
(a) Gives them food, then reports that he saw them.
(b) Captures them and calls the police.
(c) Ignores their pleas for food and rides away.
(d) Chases them away from the fence.

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

13. 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 they are very hungry.
(d) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.

14. Why can't the girls eat the rabbit that Gracie catches?
(a) Their bodies are not used to meat, so they will be ill.
(b) It is too small, so there isn't enough meat on it.
(c) They think rabbits are poisonous to eat.
(d) They have no matches to start a fire.

15. Where do they spend the night before traveling on to Moore River?
(a) Inside the car.
(b) The East Perth Girl's Home.
(c) A hotel in Perth.
(d) A settlement at Mogumber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?

2. Who is the captain of the Koolinda, the ship that will take them south to Fremantle?

3. What does the author think the girls really saw?

4. Where is Maude's baby born?

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

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