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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?
(a) He wants to find good land and become rich.
(b) He wants to join the army.
(c) He wants to send money home to his sick mother.
(d) He wants to find an Aboriginal to be his slave.

3. What is the main reason why the Mardudjara people decide to leave their desert?
(a) Fear of reprisals from the white men.
(b) They were finding it hard to find water.
(c) They wanted the comforts of white society.
(d) They were forced to leave by the white men.

4. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?
(a) They offered to take them to an island, then left them there.
(b) They offered them poisoned food.
(c) They pretended to be gods.
(d) They told them there was good land further down the coast.

5. How long is the military outpost there for?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the settlers allocate land?

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

3. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?

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

5. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the white people give up the search for Molly and Daisy?

2. Describe what happens when some white workers violate sacred Mardu land.

3. How do children at Moore River attempt to stay happy?

4. Who is the bravest character in this story?

5. How do the Aboriginal people react to Captain Fremantle and the arrival of Stirling and his colonists?

6. Why does Captain Stirling crash his ship?

7. Does Major Lockyear have a duty to protect Kundilla and his people?

8. Do the white people try to help the Aborigines?

9. Do Daisy and Gracie trust Molly as a leader?

10. The colonists are told to 'keep up their Englishness.' What does this involve? Why might they be asked to do this?

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