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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Decline of Aboriginal Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?
(a) Five acres.
(b) One hundred miles.
(c) One hundred thousand acres.
(d) One million square miles.

2. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1500s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1200s.

3. What are Bidgup and Meedo worried about?
(a) That the white people will declare war on them.
(b) That they will be driven from their lands.
(c) That they will have to work for the white people.
(d) That the spirits of the ancestors will be angry.

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

5. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.
(b) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(c) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.
(d) The Aboriginals decide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does Kundilla have?

2. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

3. How is this carried out?

4. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

5. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?

(see the answer key)

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