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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Yellagonga?
(a) An Aboriginal god.
(b) A war-loving tribal leader.
(c) A powerful spirit ancestor.
(d) A peace-loving tribal leader.

2. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?
(a) There is a large storm coming.
(b) They do not have enough food.
(c) The Aboriginal men fight them off.
(d) Isolation and lack of weapons make them vulnerable.

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

4. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) Australian.

5. What do the Aboriginals have to do to survive?
(a) Declare war on England.
(b) Become servants to white men and women.
(c) Run away into the desert.
(d) Become Christian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the group have to do in order to adapt to life with white people?

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

4. How are black servants paid?

5. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?

(see the answer key)

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