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

2. What is the usual breakfast?
(a) Cold stew.
(b) A glass of water flavored with sugar.
(c) Toast and jam.
(d) Weevily porridge.

3. What do some mothers choose to do, out of fear that their children will be taken from them?
(a) Leave Jigalong forever to go back into the desert.
(b) Kill the babies' white fathers.
(c) Hide their babies in animal skins.
(d) Give birth in the bush rather than hospitals.

4. What happens when Udja complains to a white magistrate that his wife has been stolen by a white man?
(a) He is given a bag of flour.
(b) The white man is punished.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He is given his wife back, but the white man is not punished.

5. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?
(a) They refused it.
(b) With gratitude.
(c) They were angry.
(d) They did not understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Aborigines?

2. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

3. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?

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

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

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