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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Moore River Native Settlement, 1931.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When are the girls allowed sheets on their beds?
(a) Only if they have been well behaved.
(b) The beds always have sheets.
(c) Only when special visitors come.
(d) Only on very cold nights.

2. Who does Miss Campbell hand the girls over to when they reach the Moore River School?
(a) Polly Martin.
(b) Miss Evans.
(c) The caretaker.
(d) Martha Jones.

3. What is the punishment for running away?
(a) They are locked away from the other children permanently.
(b) They are not allowed meat for a month.
(c) They are branded with a mark that identifies them as runaways.
(d) Their heads are shaved and they are whipped.

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

5. Why is Violet Williams being punished?
(a) She stole some food.
(b) She was caught kissing a boy.
(c) She hit a teacher.
(d) She swore at a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?

2. How does the grandmother protect the new baby from any evil spirits nearby?

3. What are the girls told they are not allowed to do at the school?

4. How does Molly's father interact with his child?

5. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Aborigines?

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