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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. How long is the military outpost there for?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One year.

2. How do the Mardudjara people interact with the white station owners?
(a) They train as stockmen and domestic help.
(b) They are captured and used as slaves by the white men.
(c) They steal food from them.
(d) They trade animal skins for food and tobacco.

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

4. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?
(a) Almost 2,000 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) Under 10 years.
(d) Over 40,000 years.

5. What does Dora show the children how to make?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Sun-hats.
(c) Shelters.
(d) Knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?

2. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?

3. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?

4. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?

5. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

(see the answer key)

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