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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about Jimmie's heritage?
(a) He is white but raised by aboriginals.
(b) He is half aborigine, half Chinese.
(c) He is half white, half aborigine.
(d) He is black but raised by white people.

2. What is Tabidgi's "white" name?
(a) Robert Kent.
(b) Albert Finnie.
(c) Freddie Munch.
(d) Jackie Smolders.

3. How many miles does Jimmie walk by noon in Chapter 5?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Ten miles.
(d) Fifteen miles.

4. In the years following his initiation, what does Jimmie question?
(a) His tribal manhood.
(b) His family.
(c) His heritage.
(d) His place in the world.

5. Who do the Nevilles encourage Jimmie to marry for the sake of his future children?
(a) A nice aboriginal girl.
(b) The woman he loves.
(c) A nice white girl.
(d) A woman with wealth.

6. Why does Jimmy go with the Nevilles?
(a) The Nevilles are like family to Jimmie.
(b) Jimmie thinks the job might improve his status.
(c) Jimmie wants to distance himself from his family.
(d) Jimmie has nowhere else to go.

7. What does Mort gain a reputation as?
(a) A horse killer.
(b) A horse whisperer.
(c) A horse breaker.
(d) A horse breeder.

8. What does Newby give Jimmie when Gilda arrives?
(a) A horse for Gilda to ride on.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A raise.
(d) More blankets and candles.

9. What did Jimmie say he had been doing in his absence?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Catching possums.
(c) Watching the sun set and rise.
(d) Studying the stars.

10. What does Gilda think about the job offer?
(a) It is generous.
(b) It is bogus.
(c) It is tenuous.
(d) It is suspicious.

11. Who does Lewis not trust?
(a) Harry.
(b) Morton.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Himself.

12. In Chapter 7, what does Jimmie tell his relatives he does not have?
(a) A soul.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Booze.

13. What does Farrell begin to do after Harry Edwards is caught?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Drink.
(d) Sing.

14. What do members of Jimmie's totem begin to associate fencing and similar tasks with?
(a) Sums of money.
(b) Rising social status.
(c) White people.
(d) Discrimination.

15. What results from Jimmie's Saturday night out with Wongee Tom?
(a) Jimmie makes a new friend.
(b) Jimmie gets arrested.
(c) Jimmie meets a girl.
(d) Jimmie injures himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jimmie and Mort do one morning because of Lewis's treatment of them?

2. Who does Gilda fear and hate?

3. What do the police give Jimmie at his new job?

4. What job is Jimmie doing at the same time as the sweeper position?

5. Who kills a white man in Verona?

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