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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Decline of Aboriginal Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?
(a) The Aboriginal men fight them off.
(b) There is a large storm coming.
(c) They do not have enough food.
(d) Isolation and lack of weapons make them vulnerable.

3. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?
(a) Because they would rather be tried under French law.
(b) Because their gods will be angry.
(c) Because the English people have no right to be there.
(d) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.

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

5. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?
(a) A loud boom.
(b) A bad storm.
(c) A stranger arrives.
(d) One of the clan goes missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?

2. How do the white men try to break the Aboriginal culture?

3. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

4. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?

5. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

(see the answer key)

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