Selection Test- Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

They need to go home so that they can help their family.

They are mischievous and enjoy causing trouble.

They miss their home and want to return to it.

The other girls have been very mean to them.

She read about it in history class.

It is part of a Mardu Aborigine legend.

She sees it from the dormitory window.

Her father is one of the fence inspectors.

The soccer player scored the winning goal for his team.

The zookeeper couldn’t stop smiling about the birth of the baby panda.

The actress felt unsure of her lines, so she trembled as she took to the stage for her audition.

The mayoral candidate told voters that she would oversee the completion of a new library building.

It needs to be done in the future.

It needs to be done for another person.

It needs to be done without complaining.

It needs to be done right away.

The other girls were now getting ready for school, and the three watched quietly amidst all the activity.

“The school bell’s gone. Don’t be late on your first day.”

“We’re not going to school, so grab your bags. We’re not staying here.”

She wanted to be miles away before their absence was discovered. Time was of the essence.

mysterious and frightening

cozy and comfortable

extremely fancy

simple and rough

the detail about combing one another’s hair

the detail about the leeches in the river

the detail about raiding the granary

the detail about the toilet bucket

“I know it’s a long way to go but it’s easy. We’ll find the rabbit-proof fence and follow that all the way home.”

Many young people had stood under the same big pine tree and waited while someone went into the stable or the garage to distract Maitland, the caretaker and stableman.

But these three girls from East Pilbara had no intention of participating, they had a more important task ahead of them.

Molly was standing near a large river gum. As they stood gasping for wind she said, “We gunna cross here.”

a place where there are no leeches

a canoe, a rowboat, or another small boat

bull rushes that she can fashion into a homemade raft

a spot where the water is shallow and flowing slowly

Every now and then, the swimmers would sit on the coarse river sand and yank ugly, brown, slimy leeches off their bodies and impale them on sticks and turn them inside out and plunge them into the hot burning mud.

“The river is too deep and fast here, let’s try up further.”

As three pairs of eager eyes examined it closely, they knew that they had found the perfect place to cross the flooded river.

The only sounds that could be heard were the startled birds fluttering above as they left their nests in fright, and the slish, slosh of the girls’ feet as they trampled over the bull rushes.

the river’s icy temperature

the river’s rapid movement

the river’s rainbow of colors

the river’s calming influence

when explaining how a task will be done

when describing where a task will be done

when asking who will be doing a task

when giving a reason why a task is necessary

soon; it tells when something happened

made; it tells how something happened

prison; it tells why something happened

colony; it tells where something happened

The girls crossed the river slow and careful.

The swollen river moved rapidly.

The sound of the river echoed loud.

Molly’s sisters followed her close.