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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are the women settlers upset?
(a) Because the rain is destroying their possessions.
(b) Because they are hungry.
(c) Because they are afraid of the Aboriginals.
(d) Because the Aboriginals are not wearing clothes.

3. How do the Mardudjara people feel about their work?
(a) They see it as a form of kindness.
(b) They are angered by it, and plot revenge.
(c) They see it as exploitation.
(d) They do not understand it and often do a bad job.

4. What do Dora's clan see coming through the desert?
(a) White men on a hunting trip.
(b) An army of white men.
(c) White men droving a large herd of cattle.
(d) A train.

5. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?
(a) They were the first laws in Australia before the white people came.
(b) They have been around for a very long time.
(c) They were established by the king of the Aboriginals.
(d) They were passed down by the Dreamtime spirit beings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?

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

3. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?

4. What becomes a regular weekend event?

5. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

(see the answer key)

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