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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Bidgup and Meedo worried about?
(a) That the white people will declare war on them.
(b) That the spirits of the ancestors will be angry.
(c) That they will be driven from their lands.
(d) That they will have to work for the white people.

2. The girls are then handed over again, this time to Constable Pollett. How do they travel to Port Headland?
(a) By car.
(b) By train.
(c) They walk.
(d) By boat.

3. Why are the girls frightened when they get off the boat?
(a) They see men with guns.
(b) They do not know where they are being taken.
(c) There are strange animals everywhere.
(d) The port is very crowded and noisy.

4. What becomes a regular weekend event?
(a) Pilgrimages into the Law.
(b) Hunting and gathering traditional foods.
(c) Telling stories of the ancestors around the communal fire.
(d) A ritual dance.

5. How do Gracie and Daisy react when Molly tells them of her plan to escape?
(a) They are frightened.
(b) They think she is joking.
(c) They are excited.
(d) They do not want to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the captain of the Koolinda, the ship that will take them south to Fremantle?

2. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?

3. What makes Molly think the dormitory looks like a jail?

4. What were the new settlers advised to do?

5. What do the girls at Moore River wear as shoes?

(see the answer key)

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