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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jimmy know after seeing the baby?
(a) He will love it forever.
(b) The baby has his eyes.
(c) The baby is larger than expected.
(d) The baby is not his.

3. For what reason does Jimmie suggests Healy won't provide him with the document?
(a) Healy is immoral.
(b) Healy is stingy.
(c) Healy is racist.
(d) Healy is illiterate.

4. What is Jimmie afraid that Farrell will do after he leaves work?
(a) Get lost on the way home.
(b) Leave the candles lit.
(c) Hurt Harry Edwards.
(d) Leave the door unlocked.

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

6. Who hires Jimmy to make a forest fence?
(a) An American farmer.
(b) A Welsh farmer.
(c) A German farmer.
(d) An Irish farmer.

7. What does Jimmie soon believe is the best way to bettering his life?
(a) Buying cattle.
(b) Owning property.
(c) Devoting his life to God.
(d) Staying away from white society.

8. What does Jimmie do with his police uniform?
(a) Jimmie throws it in the forest.
(b) Jimmie burns it.
(c) Jimmie returns it.
(d) Jimmie gives it to Mort.

9. Who has Jimmie Blacksmith married?
(a) A childhood friend.
(b) A white woman.
(c) A distant cousin.
(d) An aborigine woman.

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

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

12. Why does the minister's wife think Jimmie is cutting down wood?
(a) To impress the minister.
(b) To kill time.
(c) To earn money.
(d) To steal wood.

13. Where is the church overseen by Rev. Neville?
(a) Wallah.
(b) Brentwood.
(c) Muswellbrook.
(d) Verona.

14. What does Lewis threaten to do if he finds fault with Jimmie's work?
(a) Fire Jimmie.
(b) Cut Jimmie's wages.
(c) Beat Jimmie.
(d) Cutback Jimmie's workload.

15. Who is Morton?
(a) Jimmie's uncle.
(b) Jimmie's half brother.
(c) Jimmie's boss.
(d) Jimmie's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jimmie deal with Healy's complaints?

2. Where does Jimmie go to arrange his marriage?

3. Where does The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith take place?

4. Why does Jimmy go with the Nevilles?

5. What tribe does Jimmie belong to?

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