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

2. What were the new settlers advised to do?
(a) Shoot all Aboriginals.
(b) Take as much land as possible.
(c) Try to destroy Aboriginal culture.
(d) Keep up their Englishness.

3. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?
(a) They refused it.
(b) They did not understand.
(c) They were angry.
(d) With gratitude.

4. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?
(a) That all their beliefs are false.
(b) A secret hiding place from the white men.
(c) That the white men are human beings and not spirits.
(d) How to use guns.

5. What do Yalbung and Beeboo see when they investigate the noise?
(a) White men fighting each other on the beach.
(b) Animals attacking their camp.
(c) White men and women, and their belongings, on the beach.
(d) White men carrying off Aboriginal women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the Aboriginals understand what Captain Fremantle is saying?

2. Why are the women settlers upset?

3. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?

4. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?

5. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?

(see the answer key)

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