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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does George give Gemmy instead of his papers?
(a) Blank paper
(b) A book
(c) Homework papers
(d) Letters from Leona
2. What is Mrs. Hutchence's hobby?
(a) Baking
(b) Gardening
(c) Birdwatching
(d) Beekeeping
3. What strikes Janet most about Mrs. Hutchence's demeanor when working with the bees?
(a) Her excitement
(b) Her bravery
(c) Her skill
(d) Her enthusiasm
4. What surprises Mr. Frazer about Brisbane?
(a) It is remarkably small.
(b) It is uncivilized.
(c) It is busy and dirty.
(d) It is very remote.
5. What does Mr. Frazer want to do as a result of his botany work?
(a) Return to England
(b) Become a professional botanist
(c) Preserve the native ecology
(d) Move into the woods with the aborigines
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Jock feel about the strange occurrences around his farm?
2. How does Janet feel when the swarm of bees surrounds her unprotected body one day?
3. What role does Lachlan initially take with Gemmy?
4. How does Gemmy react to the attack on the geese?
5. What does Gemmy hope to get from George Abbot?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sir George invite Mr. Frazer to speak with him? How does he react to Frazer's proposal?
2. How does Gemmy come to be on the island of Queensland?
3. What event brings Janet and Lachlan back together after many years?
4. How does Lachlan's relationship with Gemmy change over time?
5. What did Gemmy do that affected Janet and Lachlan's lives?
6. How does Mr. Frazer react when Jim Sweetman refuses the native fruit? How does this contrast with his views on native plants at the end of the chapter?
7. Describe the two events that happen in this chapter which unnerve Jock.
8. Why is Gemmy desperate to get "his papers" back from George and Mr. Frazer?
9. What does Janet realize on the night depicted in this chapter that makes her feel she has become an adult?
10. What does Jock do in response to the attack on Gemmy?
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