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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Journey South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1670.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1829.

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

3. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(b) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.
(c) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.
(d) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.

4. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?
(a) Horses.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Lions.
(d) Mice.

5. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?
(a) Molly.
(b) Captain Fremantle.
(c) Kundilla.
(d) Maude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

2. How long is the military outpost there for?

3. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?

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

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

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