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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 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) Give birth in the bush rather than hospitals.
(d) Hide their babies in animal skins.

2. On their walk around the grounds, what do they see a group of the children doing near the milking sheds?
(a) Playing rounders.
(b) Trying to escape.
(c) Stealing extra food.
(d) Huddling together for warmth.

3. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Aborigines?
(a) They will be able to live in houses rather than stick shelters.
(b) No guns are allowed in the settlement.
(c) It is a place where they can learn English.
(d) Food, and safety from the white people.

4. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?
(a) They eat too much food.
(b) They are an embarrassment.
(c) It is degrading for them to run around with the darker skinned children.
(d) They are not getting a fair chance.

5. How do the Aboriginal people make Jigalong a permanent 'sitting down place'?
(a) Sacred objects are brought and buried there.
(b) They chase out all the white people and claim it for themselves.
(c) They make it the gathering place for all the tribes.
(d) They build permanent houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Maude's child?

2. Why are the Aboriginal people forced to accept the white men's system of justice and punishment?

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

4. How is this carried out?

5. What is the punishment for running away?

(see the answer key)

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