What is the most likely reason that Smith said to the hotel-keeper: "What do you think, Mr Dean? Mr Fisher here is going home to England to have a look at his family and friends."
1. So that the hotel-keeper would tell other people about it later.
2. Because Fisher was always talking about England and his family there.
3. Because he wanted to manage Fisher's farm for him while he was away.
Why did Fisher think that his family in England would NOT be happy to see him again?
1. Because he had been away from home for twenty-eight years.
2. Because he hadn't told them he how rich he had become.
3. Because they would not want people to know that their brother was once a convict.
Why did Smith decide to sell everything that Fisher owned?
1. Because he had recieved a letter from England with instructions that he should do this.
2. Because he wanted to leave the colony to get away from Fisher's ghost.
3. Because Fisher's family were far from rich and he wanted to send the money to them.
Why didn't Weir's wife believe him the first time he told her about seeing Fisher's ghost?
1. Because she could see that he had drunk a lot on the way home.
2. Because she was sure that Fisher was in England.
3. Because she had been up before daylight and was too tired to listen to a story about a ghost.
Why did Weir's wife ask him not to tell anyone about Fisher having been murdered?
1. Because she thought that Fisher had come back from England.
2. Because the police might think that her husband was the murderer.
3. Because she was worried that Smith might cause trouble for them.
Who signed the Power of Attorney that allowed Smith to sell Fisher's farm?
1. A lawyer
2. A convict
3. Smith
Why was Mr Cox unsure what to do as he rode away from his visit with Cox?
1. He wasn't sure if the body in the water-hole was really that of Fisher.
2. The documents Smith showed him all looked as if they were real.
3. He did not believe in ghosts and was certain that Weir killed the man in the water-hole.
How was the jury at Smith's trial different to others of that time?
1. They did not apply much of their minds to the points being made.
2. They listened very carefully to each word.
3. It was made up of army officers, not common people.
Why were the people outside the jail shouting "Murder! Murder! Murder!" as Smith was being hung?
1. Because they always enjoyed watching hangings.
2. Because they did not think Smith was guilty.
3. Because they knew that Smith was the murderer.
Why did the Governor order that the papers to stop the hanging not be taken to the jail until seven o'clock on the Monday morning?
1. Because he wanted them to arrive so late that the hanging would take place as planned.
2. Because he wanted to give Smith time to confess to the murder first.
3. Because it was the weekend and there would be no one working in the jail office until Monday.