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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. What are the girls supposed to use as a lavatory?
(a) Buckets in the bathroom.
(b) A hole in the corner of the room.
(c) Nothing; there is no lavatory.
(d) An outside toilet across the snowy yard.

2. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?
(a) Because the English people have no right to be there.
(b) Because their gods will be angry.
(c) Because they would rather be tried under French law.
(d) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.

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

4. How is this carried out?
(a) Sending out patrols into the bush.
(b) Building very grand houses.
(c) Picnics, fox-hunts and balls.
(d) Taking Aboriginals as servants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Molly and Gracie's family express their sorrow when the girls are taken?

2. Where is Maude's baby born?

3. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?

4. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

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

(see the answer key)

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