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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 is a wuungku?
(a) A ceremonial headdress.
(b) A shelter.
(c) A dress.
(d) A type of weapon.

2. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?
(a) Arthur Carberry.
(b) Captain Freeman.
(c) Captain James Stirling.
(d) Constable Riggs.

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

4. Who is the father of Maude's child?
(a) An inspector of the fence, Thomas Craig.
(b) Her 'bilgur' (her betrothed).
(c) Protector of Aborigines, Constable Riggs.
(d) The Superintendent, Mr. Keeling.

5. Why are the Aboriginal people forced to accept the white men's system of justice and punishment?
(a) They don't believe in violence.
(b) The white men have superior weapons.
(c) The Queen tells them to.
(d) They believe that the white men are right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?

2. How do Maude's family feel about their new boss, the maintenance inspector?

3. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?

4. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

5. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?

(see the answer key)

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