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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. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?
(a) He tries to use sign language.
(b) He gets a translator.
(c) He draws pictures in the sand.
(d) He writes it down instead.

2. What is a wuungku?
(a) A type of weapon.
(b) A dress.
(c) A ceremonial headdress.
(d) A shelter.

3. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?
(a) Large areas of land were given to European farmers, without thought for the Aboriginal people living there.
(b) Jobs must be provided on the farms for the Aboriginal people.
(c) Areas of land were given back to Aboriginal people.
(d) A percentage of the food produced must be given to Aboriginal people.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Aboriginals have to do to survive?

2. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?

3. How are black servants paid?

4. How is this carried out?

5. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?

(see the answer key)

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