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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. How do Maude's family feel about their new boss, the maintenance inspector?
(a) They think he is funny and they often mock him.
(b) They do not understand him.
(c) They like him and invite him to share meals.
(d) He is cruel and they hate him.

2. Where does the policeman tell the girls they are going?
(a) He does not tell them where they are going.
(b) To Perth.
(c) To a new home to the south.
(d) To Port Headland to catch a boat south.

3. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?
(a) They were passed down by the Dreamtime spirit beings.
(b) They were the first laws in Australia before the white people came.
(c) They were established by the king of the Aboriginals.
(d) They have been around for a very long time.

4. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(b) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.
(c) The Aboriginals decide.
(d) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.

5. Who is the father of Maude's child?
(a) Protector of Aborigines, Constable Riggs.
(b) Her 'bilgur' (her betrothed).
(c) An inspector of the fence, Thomas Craig.
(d) The Superintendent, Mr. Keeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the white men try to break the Aboriginal culture?

2. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?

3. What do some mothers choose to do, out of fear that their children will be taken from them?

4. Who does Constable Riggs hand the girls over to here?

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

(see the answer key)

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