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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Swan River Colony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?
(a) Because they had seen white men fighting from a distance.
(b) Because white pirates had already killed men and taken women as sex slaves.
(c) Because they had received threatening letters from them.
(d) Because they were afraid of the strange colour of their skin.

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

3. Why did the Captain crash the ship?
(a) He saw the Aboriginals and thought they would make good servants.
(b) He was shocked by the sight of Captain Fremantle's boat already in the estuary.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) He wasn't watching where he was going.

4. 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.

5. How long is the military outpost there for?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

2. How many wives does Kundilla have?

3. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?

4. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?

5. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?

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