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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 do not want to be separated.
(b) They want to tell her that they are from Jigalong, not Nullagine.
(c) They want to tell her that they are very hungry.
(d) They want to tell her that she pronounced their names wrong.

4. During the voyage, several members of the crew try to keep the girls entertained. What does one crewman tell them about?
(a) The ruins of ancient Rome.
(b) The pyramids of Egypt.
(c) America.
(d) England.

5. 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) They think rabbits are poisonous to eat.
(c) It is too small, so there isn't enough meat on it.
(d) They have no matches to start a fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is 'the boob'?

2. Where do they stop off to hand the sick Aboriginal women over to the hospital?

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

4. What do some mothers choose to do, out of fear that their children will be taken from them?

5. What does Molly decide that night?

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