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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What excuse does Molly give so that the three of them can stay behind when the other girls head out for school?
(a) She says they need to empty the toilet bucket.
(b) She pretends to still be asleep.
(c) She pretends that Daisy is sick.
(d) She says they have forgotten their school books, so they have to go back to their room to get them.

3. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?
(a) The soldiers capture two Aboriginal men but then let them go unharmed.
(b) The soldiers offer them gifts in friendship.
(c) The soldiers are unarmed.
(d) The soldiers tell them they mean no harm.

4. What weapons do the Aboriginal men use to hunt with?
(a) Swords.
(b) Guns.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Spears.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Mardudjara people interact with the white station owners?

2. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?

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

4. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?

5. How is this carried out?

(see the answer key)

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