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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 is Yellagonga?
(a) An Aboriginal god.
(b) A peace-loving tribal leader.
(c) A war-loving tribal leader.
(d) A powerful spirit ancestor.

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

3. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?
(a) To flush out animals, which are caught and eaten.
(b) To drive off the white men.
(c) To clear an area to build houses on.
(d) For a religious ritual.

4. How do the white men try to break the Aboriginal culture?
(a) They force them to wear clothes.
(b) They enslave them.
(c) They make it illegal for them to have children.
(d) They prevent them from doing their sacred rituals and dances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

2. Why did the Captain crash the ship?

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

4. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?

5. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?

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