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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. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?
(a) The boys themselves.
(b) Their mothers.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) The tribal elders.

2. What do the Aboriginals have to do to survive?
(a) Run away into the desert.
(b) Declare war on England.
(c) Become servants to white men and women.
(d) Become Christian.

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 the English people have no right to be there.
(c) Because their gods will be angry.
(d) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.

4. How many wives does Kundilla have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

5. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?
(a) They offered them poisoned food.
(b) They told them there was good land further down the coast.
(c) They offered to take them to an island, then left them there.
(d) They pretended to be gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

2. How do the settlers allocate land?

3. How does Dayup know that Captain Fremantle must be important?

4. What does Captain Fremantle want?

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

(see the answer key)

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