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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the girls spend the night before moving on?
(a) In the car.
(b) On the floor at the constable's house.
(c) Locked in the empty cells in the police station.
(d) In a nearby Aborigine settlement.

2. Who names the baby Molly?
(a) Maude.
(b) The father.
(c) The baby's grandmother.
(d) Maude's father.

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

4. 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) Huddling together for warmth.
(c) Stealing extra food.
(d) Playing rounders.

5. Why does Molly sometimes wish she didn't have light skin?
(a) She thinks darker skin is prettier.
(b) The other children insult her.
(c) She is afraid she will be taken away.
(d) She thinks the spirits will hate her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Maude's baby born?

2. What does Molly decide that night?

3. How do the Aboriginal people make Jigalong a permanent 'sitting down place'?

4. Why does Mrs. Flannigan call the Superintendent of the Moore River Settlement to tell him that the girls were at her house?

5. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?

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