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

2. How does Molly's father interact with his child?
(a) Tries to teach her to be English.
(b) Refuses to have anything to do with her.
(c) Brings her gifts.
(d) Takes her away.

3. How do the white men try to break the Aboriginal culture?
(a) They make it illegal for them to have children.
(b) They prevent them from doing their sacred rituals and dances.
(c) They force them to wear clothes.
(d) They enslave them.

4. What makes Molly think the dormitory looks like a jail?
(a) It is a black, imposing building with a high wall around it.
(b) The doors are padlocked and there are bars at the windows.
(c) There are no windows.
(d) There are guards and guard-dogs outside.

5. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?
(a) Only on very cold nights.
(b) The beds always have sheets.
(c) Only if they have been well behaved.
(d) Only when special visitors come.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual breakfast?

2. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?

3. Who volunteers to be their guide at the settlement?

4. How is this carried out?

5. How do Molly and Gracie's family express their sorrow when the girls are taken?

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