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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. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?
(a) The workers burned down large areas of brush to build on.
(b) The workers refused to share their food.
(c) The workers dug up a sacred site.
(d) The workers killed a Mardudjara tribe on the site.

2. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?
(a) Challenger.
(b) Amity.
(c) Koolinda.
(d) Freedom.

3. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?
(a) Constable Riggs.
(b) Arthur Carberry.
(c) Captain James Stirling.
(d) Captain Freeman.

4. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?
(a) 100 years.
(b) Under 10 years.
(c) Almost 2,000 years.
(d) Over 40,000 years.

5. What is the Mardudjara?
(a) An Aboriginal god.
(b) A settlement for Aboriginal people.
(c) Several tribes of Aboriginal people who live in the desert regions.
(d) An area of Australia where beautiful flowers grow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what name are the Mardudjara people referred to?

3. Who is Yellagonga?

4. Where is Maude's baby born?

5. How do the Aboriginal people make Jigalong a permanent 'sitting down place'?

(see the answer key)

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