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

2. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?
(a) He wants to find good land and become rich.
(b) He wants to join the army.
(c) He wants to send money home to his sick mother.
(d) He wants to find an Aboriginal to be his slave.

3. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(b) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.
(c) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(d) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.

4. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?
(a) They pretended to be gods.
(b) They offered them poisoned food.
(c) They offered to take them to an island, then left them there.
(d) They told them there was good land further down the coast.

5. How is this carried out?
(a) Picnics, fox-hunts and balls.
(b) Taking Aboriginals as servants.
(c) Sending out patrols into the bush.
(d) Building very grand houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?

2. How long is the military outpost there for?

3. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?

4. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?

5. Why are the women settlers upset?

(see the answer key)

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