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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ned not want to go to the United States, even though he has the money?
(a) He is too ill.
(b) He will not leave as long as his mother is in prison.
(c) He is afraid of riding in a boat.
(d) He does not trust Americans.

2. Why is there no mention of survivors?
(a) All the survivors are in hiding.
(b) It gives the feeling that the hostages may have been burned to prevent the story from getting out.
(c) The only important characters are those that have been murdered.
(d) They are all captured by the police.

3. Where does the gang find out Aaron is camping out?
(a) On a farm.
(b) In the Australian outback.
(c) In a cave with several police.
(d) In town.

4. What does Joe see from a hidden vantage point?
(a) Two black trackers.
(b) Four constables.
(c) Four black trackers.
(d) Two constables.

5. How does he celebrate the birth of his child?
(a) He sends his child a telegram.
(b) He sings a song.
(c) Standing on one leg on his horse and shooting guns in the air.
(d) He cries.

6. Why is this section hard to keep track of?
(a) It is easy to get distracted.
(b) There is so much going on.
(c) It blends dream and reality.
(d) Multiple characters narrate the story.

7. Where do Ned and his friends retreat?
(a) To a neighboring home.
(b) A nearby town.
(c) The local bar in town.
(d) Deeper into the Australian wilderness.

8. What does Ned's sister, Katie, do for Mary?
(a) Takes her in before she even knows who Mary is.
(b) She forces Mary off her property.
(c) She asks who she is before letting her in.
(d) She cooks her a big meal before sending her on her way.

9. What are Ned's last words?
(a) "Such is life."
(b) "Save my mother."
(c) "I love you, Mary."
(d) "Why me?"

10. On what does Ned finally give up?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) His gang.
(c) Mary.
(d) Bank robbery.

11. When they return two weeks later, what do they find out?
(a) The letter has been printed.
(b) Every person in town has a copy of his letter.
(c) The printer has been killed.
(d) The letter has been handed over to the police.

12. How does Ned find out he's a father?
(a) He receives a telegram from San Francisco.
(b) Mary returns with their child.
(c) He receives a letter from San Francisco.
(d) Mary calls him.

13. What is the only reason Ned keeps writing?
(a) He wants his daughter to know who he is.
(b) He wants Mary to know the truth.
(c) He wants an account for his gang to keep.
(d) He does not want to give in to despair.

14. What does the man who put them up call the boys in dresses?
(a) True Irishmen.
(b) Good Irish boys.
(c) Disgraces to bush rangers.
(d) Embarrrassing to him.

15. How does the gang win allies?
(a) They help out by doing field work at harvest time.
(b) They bribe other people in the county.
(c) They write propaganda for the gang.
(d) They let many men into the gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Ned and Dan offer to turn themselves in?

2. Why are the police desperate to arrest anyone they can?

3. On whom do Ned and Joe spy?

4. What does the gang recruit men in their own county to do?

5. What are Ned, Dan, Steve, and Joe?

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