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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Jigalong, 1907-1931.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?
(a) That all their beliefs are false.
(b) A secret hiding place from the white men.
(c) How to use guns.
(d) That the white men are human beings and not spirits.

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

3. 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 not getting a fair chance.
(c) It is degrading for them to run around with the darker skinned children.
(d) They are an embarrassment.

4. Who names the baby Molly?
(a) Maude's father.
(b) Maude.
(c) The baby's grandmother.
(d) The father.

5. Why did the Captain crash the ship?
(a) He was shocked by the sight of Captain Fremantle's boat already in the estuary.
(b) He was drunk.
(c) He saw the Aboriginals and thought they would make good servants.
(d) He wasn't watching where he was going.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the Aboriginals understand what Captain Fremantle is saying?

2. What do Bidgup and Meedo decide to do about the food problem?

3. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?

4. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?

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

(see the answer key)

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