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

2. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1670.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1896.

3. 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.

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

5. What do Yalbung and Beeboo see when they investigate the noise?
(a) White men carrying off Aboriginal women.
(b) White men fighting each other on the beach.
(c) Animals attacking their camp.
(d) White men and women, and their belongings, on the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

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

3. What happens when Udja complains to a white magistrate that his wife has been stolen by a white man?

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

5. What do the Aboriginals have to do to survive?

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