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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is falsely charged with the theft of the watch and gelding?
(a) Uncle James.
(b) Bill.
(c) Uncle Jack Lloyd.
(d) Ned.

2. Who is the school bully who hears a story about Ned's father and passes it around?
(a) Dick Shelton.
(b) Michael O'Connor.
(c) Red Kelly.
(d) Patchy Moran.

3. To whom is Alex Gunn engaged?
(a) Annie.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Grace.
(d) Mary.

4. Who does Ned say is by far and away the best cop he has ever known?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Harry Power.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) John Fitzpatrick

5. What is one of the worst and most notorious prisons in a land full of bad prisons?
(a) Van Dyke's Land.
(b) Van Eyke's Land.
(c) Van Diemen's Land.
(d) Gaol Prison.

6. Who accidentally calls Harry by the name of Bill Frost?
(a) Jack.
(b) Ellen.
(c) R.R. Bean, the magistrate.
(d) Ned.

7. What do Turk Morrison, Bill Frost, Alex Gunn, and the infamous Harry Power have in common?
(a) They all love Ellen.
(b) They are criminals.
(c) They want to help on the farm.
(d) They are suitors.

8. It is an eyewitness account starting when?
(a) At the end of a gunfight.
(b) At the beginning of a gunfight.
(c) In the middle of a gunfight.
(d) Years after the famous gunfight.

9. What system do the two cops use when interrogating Ned?
(a) Threats.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Good cop, bad cop,
(d) Bribery.

10. Why do the McCormicks lie and say the Kellys work their horse without permission?
(a) They want to get Ned into trouble.
(b) They like to start trouble.
(c) They want to get rid of the horse.
(d) They want to be compensated.

11. What is told by the papers has a tendency to do what?
(a) Exaggerate the truth.
(b) Lie.
(c) Tell the truth.
(d) Tell a portion of the truth.

12. Why is there nothing Ned can do about his seventeen stolen horses?
(a) No one trusts or believes him.
(b) His brother, Jem, steals them.
(c) Constable Flood steals them.
(d) Ned is in trouble wit h the law.

13. What does Ned do to the Murray's calf that is stuck?
(a) He tries to kill it.
(b) He tries to save it.
(c) He tries to free it.
(d) He tries to pet it.

14. Why does Ellen attack the banshee with an ax?
(a) It is evil.
(b) She realizes it is after Ned.
(c) It is trying to hurt Bill Frost.
(d) It is attacking her.

15. What does his mother give Ned to wear for when the police come to take him in?
(a) His sash from saving Dick Shelton.
(b) A lucky charm.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A scarf she has made him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harry take the time to point out about the wood?

2. Who finds a dress and some face paint?

3. Why is it when Harry Power robs a stage coach, it is a farce?

4. To where is Ned transported to receive further interrogation?

5. What does Ned not know, at first, about Officer Fitzpatrick?

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