34 A Banner Bold Dec 4 pages 149-151

According to the passage, why do Danny and the boys spend all their time practising drilling?

• In the hope that the men will allow them to join the Stockade.

• Because they want to become famous soldiers.

• To avoid doing their school homework.

• Because they are forced to by their parents.

What does the narrator say about the feeling in Ballarat on Saturday, 2 December 1854?

• It feels like a holiday

• There is a strange Sunday feeling

• It is very busy

• It is very quiet

The narrator's father was too tired to eat his supper and went to bed already.

• True

• False

Who did Katie and the narrator go to see for their Latin lesson?

• Father Pat

• Mrs. Smith

• Professor Green

• Mr. Johnson

Who did Father Pat go to plead with about the licence hunts?

• Commissioner Rede

• Governor Hotham

• Sergeant Kennedy

• Inspector Hare

What did Father Pat warn the diggers against when he talked to them at the Stockade?

• Being violent

• Leaving the Stockade

• Talking to the Government

• Hiding from the soldiers

Who did Father Pat point to when he asked the men if they wanted to see the blood of innocent children shed?

• Katie and the narrator (me)

• The police officers

• The mayor and his assistant

• A group of strangers

What did Vati say about when something might happen?

• Nothing until Monday

• Nothing until Friday

• Nothing until Wednesday

• Nothing until Sunday

Why did the soldiers never come out on licence hunts on Saturdays or Sundays?

• It is explained that the soldiers never come out on licence hunts on Saturdays or Sundays.

• Because the soldiers were on leave during weekends.

• Because the weather was always bad on weekends.

• Because the soldiers had other duties on weekends.

According to the passage, why did the narrator not mention the idea to their father?

• In case he said 'No'.

• Because the narrator forgot to mention it.

• Because the narrator was not interested.

• Because the narrator was afraid of being laughed at.