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

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

3. How many wives does Kundilla have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

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

5. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?
(a) Amity.
(b) Challenger.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Koolinda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Udja complains to a white magistrate that his wife has been stolen by a white man?

3. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

4. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

5. What do Bidgup and Meedo decide to do about the food problem?

(see the answer key)

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