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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does Kundilla have?

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

3. Why are the women settlers upset?

4. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?

5. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are policies introduced to remove 'half-caste' children from their families to take them to places such as Moore River?

2. How do the girls' families react when the children are taken?

3. Why are the Aborigines afraid of white men?

4. Why has the arrival of white colonists been bad for the Aboriginal people?

5. Why is Kundilla respected?

6. How does Moore River attempt to make the children culturally 'white' and forget their Aboriginal identity?

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

8. How do Aborigine people hunt and kill their food?

9. Why did the first white men to encounter Aborigines in this area treat them so badly?

10. Why does Captain Stirling crash his ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The rabbit-proof fence is a very important object in this book. Discuss the symbolism of the fence. What does it stand for and why? Does it mean different things to different people?

Essay Topic 2

How is prejudice represented in this story? Who is prejudiced and why, and what does this cause? What is the author trying to tell the reader about prejudice, and how does she do this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss misunderstanding and poor communications in this book. What happens when two societies do not understand each other? Does anyone in the story ever not understand something, or get the wrong impression, or miss the point? What problems are caused by misunderstanding or miscommunication?

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