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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 was the common view of half-caste children at this time?
(a) That they were inferior to the 'pure whites' and 'pure blacks.'
(b) That they were monsters.
(c) That they were more intelligent than other Aboriginal children.
(d) That they would not love their darker skinned families.

2. How do they justify this?
(a) The food should be shared.
(b) The white people are evil.
(c) The spirits of the ancestors told them to.
(d) They will die if they do not.

3. Why does Molly sometimes wish she didn't have light skin?
(a) She thinks the spirits will hate her.
(b) She thinks darker skin is prettier.
(c) The other children insult her.
(d) She is afraid she will be taken away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the settlers allocate land?

2. Who names the baby Molly?

3. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?

4. What does Molly decide that night?

5. What is 'the boob'?

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