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

2. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?
(a) Lions.
(b) Mice.
(c) Horses.
(d) Foxes.

3. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?
(a) Maude.
(b) Kundilla.
(c) Captain Fremantle.
(d) Molly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the women settlers upset?

2. Who set up a military base to get rid of the pirates?

3. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?

4. How is this carried out?

5. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

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