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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. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?
(a) Men's voices and cries of frightened women.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Roars of dangerous animals.
(d) A ship's horn.

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

3. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?
(a) One hundred thousand acres.
(b) One hundred miles.
(c) Five acres.
(d) One million square miles.

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

5. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?
(a) Marriages take place only at this time of year.
(b) Traditional ceremonies and rituals are performed.
(c) They celebrate Christmas.
(d) War is declared on the white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the policeman tell the girls they are going?

2. What are the white men compared to?

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

4. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?

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

(see the answer key)

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