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

2. What are the white men compared to?
(a) Bush fires out of control.
(b) A terrible storm.
(c) Stampeding herds.
(d) Flesh eating spirits.

3. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?
(a) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.
(b) Because they would rather be tried under French law.
(c) Because their gods will be angry.
(d) Because the English people have no right to be there.

4. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?
(a) Capturing Aboriginals to sell as slaves.
(b) Looking for lost treasure.
(c) Sealing and whaling.
(d) Trying to find a new home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who set up a military base to get rid of the pirates?

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

3. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

4. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?

5. What is the main reason why the Mardudjara people decide to leave their desert?

(see the answer key)

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