2. Why does Ned get into an argument with Steve Hart?
(a) They disagree all the time.
(b) He is increasingly getting on Ned's nerves.
(c) Ned is in a bad mood.
(d) Steve is unkind.

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

4. How does the chapter end?
(a) The school master reads Henry V.
(b) The schoolmaster promises to eventually write the history.
(c) His mother is freed.
(d) Mary returns.

5. The gang is fighting emotional stress, bad weather, disease, and is always just a few steps away from who?
(a) Their families.
(b) The bank owners.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) The trackers.

6. Why are the police desperate to arrest anyone they can?
(a) They need to find the thieves, and anyone will do.
(b) They are bloodthirsty.
(c) A budget crisis.
(d) They are bored.

7. What does Mary do to the constables?
(a) She fights them.
(b) She screams at them.
(c) She turns them in to the higher authorities.
(d) She puts a curse on them.

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

9. What is one of Ned's final requests?
(a) To be buried in consecrated ground.
(b) To have his letter sent to Mary.
(c) To be set free, for he is innocent.
(d) To see his mother one last time.

10. One of Shakespeare's famous plays is read, particularly with reference to what?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) St. Crispin's Day.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Labor Day.

11. Why does Mary feel she can tell the true story of the Sons of Sieve?
(a) She is a colonial Irish.
(b) She is related to the Sons of Sieve.
(c) She is true Irish, immigrated, not colonial.
(d) She has heard the story as a young girl.

12. Where is the gang headed when they meet up?
(a) The Bush.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Moyhu.

13. What does the government do with these requests?
(a) They follow through with his requests.
(b) They accept one of his requests.
(c) They only free his mother.
(d) They deny both requests.

14. Why are all the men affected by this story?
(a) They feel embarrassed for what they have done.
(b) They are horse people.
(c) They are sad for Mary.
(d) They know the Sons of Sieve.

15. What does the man who puts them up hope about the boys in dresses?
(a) They survive.
(b) They escape.
(c) They die.
(d) They beat the constables.