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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Moore River Native Settlement, 1931.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the sight of the large river make Molly feel?
(a) Like a stranger in this part of the country.
(b) Trapped, like a prisoner.
(c) Afraid, because she has never seen anything like it.
(d) Happy to be out among nature again.

2. Where is Maude's baby born?
(a) In a hut in Jigalong.
(b) At their camp south of Jigalong.
(c) In the hospital at Perth.
(d) In the baby's father's house.

3. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?
(a) They are not getting a fair chance.
(b) They are an embarrassment.
(c) It is degrading for them to run around with the darker skinned children.
(d) They eat too much food.

4. What are the girls supposed to use as a lavatory?
(a) An outside toilet across the snowy yard.
(b) A hole in the corner of the room.
(c) Nothing; there is no lavatory.
(d) Buckets in the bathroom.

5. On their walk around the grounds, what do they see a group of the children doing near the milking sheds?
(a) Trying to escape.
(b) Playing rounders.
(c) Huddling together for warmth.
(d) Stealing extra food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jiigalong established?

2. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

3. How do the girls keep warm that night?

4. What becomes a regular weekend event?

5. What happens when Udja complains to a white magistrate that his wife has been stolen by a white man?

(see the answer key)

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