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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Jigalong, 1907-1931.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Men's voices and cries of frightened women.
(c) Roars of dangerous animals.
(d) A ship's horn.

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

3. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?
(a) A bad storm.
(b) A stranger arrives.
(c) A loud boom.
(d) One of the clan goes missing.

4. What were the white construction workers doing?
(a) Laying railway tracks.
(b) Building a barn.
(c) Sinking wells.
(d) Building houses.

5. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?
(a) Free blankets are given to the Aboriginals.
(b) Aboriginal servants are given a holiday.
(c) All the land is given back to the Aboriginals.
(d) Money is given to the Aboriginals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?

2. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?

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

4. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?

5. Who is Yellagonga?

(see the answer key)

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