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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 Hazel do with the scraps of fabric she collects from her job?
(a) Makes a quilt for Ruby.
(b) Sells them in town.
(c) Trades them in jail for extra food.
(d) Makes new clothes for herself.

2. What is Eleanor Franklin's appearance?
(a) Unusually unattractive.
(b) Very average.
(c) Stunningly beautiful.
(d) Rather plain.

3. What does Hazel wear in prison during her first weeks to make her feel better?
(a) A hat from her mother.
(b) Her grandmother's ring.
(c) Evangeline's ticket.
(d) Warm leggings.

4. What follows the ship soon after the person who dies is delivered back to the ocean?
(a) A whale.
(b) A pirate ship.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A shark.

5. What is the women's prison in Van Diemen's Land called?
(a) Newgate.
(b) The Hail Mary.
(c) The Fender.
(d) The Cascades.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mathinna find out the Franklins have gone on holiday without her?

2. Where does Dr. Dunne suggest Hazel work when she gets to Van Diemen's Land?

3. What topic does Mathinna really take well to and excel at?

4. How many female convicts are ferried from the Medea to land in Part IV?

5. What does Hazel remember most vividly about the last time she sees Evangeline?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hazel feel when Evangeline dies?

2. Why is Dr. Dunne on the prison ship?

3. What happens when Hazel is processed into the prison in Australia that breaks her heart?

4. What are Hazel's first impressions of Van Diemen's Land?

5. How does Hazel end up getting special gifts and items on the Medea in Part III?

6. What is the difficulty with Evangeline's labor on the Medea?

7. What does Hazel hide for Evangeline?

8. What is Buck's punishment for what happens to Evangeline?

9. What reason does Mathinna confront Lady Jane Franklin with for getting rid of Mathinna?

10. How does Mathinna feel about Hazel once they meet at the Franklin mansion?

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