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Chapter 7 - Rabbit Proof Fence

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  • What did the settlement resemble
    a concentration camp
  • What weather were they travelling in
    heavy rain and storms
  • What was the purpose of the settlement
    confinement and control
  • How were the girls woken
    blankets pulled off and shaken
  • What decision did Molly make at the end
    they must escape
  • Who escorted the girls to the settlement
    Matron Campbell
  • Why were the girls cold at night
    thin rugs and hard mattresses
  • What did the girls use as a toilet
    buckets
  • Where was Martha from
    Port Hedland
  • What secured the dormitory doors
    chains and padlocks
  • Who became their guide
    Martha Jones
  • Who slept together for warmth
    Molly Daisy and Gracie
  • Who met the girls on arrival
    Miss Evans
  • Where did the girls sleep
    an overcrowded dormitory
  • What was the punishment cell called
    the boob
  • What happened to girls who ran away
    flogged and locked up
  • What food did they eat for breakfast
    porridge bread and tea
  • What was the food like
    poor and unappetising
  • Why was Violet Williams punished
    swearing at a teacher
  • What did the dormitory remind Molly of
    a gaol
  • What were on the dormitory windows
    iron bars
  • What was the road like to the settlement
    flooded and muddy
  • Who woke the girls in the morning
    Miss Evans
  • Where were the girls taken in 1931
    Moore River Native Settlement
  • What language were the girls forbidden to speak
    their own language