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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ned find out he's a father?

3. What does Ned do as his group leaves town?

4. What happens when Joe comes back with the news that Aaron has betrayed them all?

5. How does the gang win allies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ned's accounts of the true story?

2. How does Ned react to his 58-page letter not getting printed?

3. What does the sudden abruptness of the chapter suggest?

4. How does Ned get the idea to build armor. How successful is the armor?

5. How does Ned get the revelation to rob banks and give the money away?

6. What happens to the two constables the gang ambushes?

7. What is significant about Ned's last words?

8. Why can the gang not stop?

9. Where do Ned and his friends prepare for the fight?

10. What happens to Ned when he thanks the man who admits Ned did not steal his horse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ned's last words are "such is life."

Part 1) What does he mean by this?

Part 2) What does this say about his character?

Part 3) What does this say about poor Irish Australians?

Essay Topic 2

Ned says the papers do not tell the true story.

Part 1) Why do they not tell the truth?

Part 2) What does Ned do about it?

Part 3) Is he successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Kelly family is not unfamiliar with prison.

Part 1) Who in the Kelly family has been to prison?

Part 2) Of what are many of them guilty?

Part 3) Are they charged with fair sentences? Why or why not?

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