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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. The girls meet two other half-caste girls, called Eva and Nora. What do these two girls think will happen to them soon?
(a) They will be given jobs at a school in the city.
(b) They will marry rich white men.
(c) They will carry on with education and go to university.
(d) They will get a job on a station near their families.

2. Why does Martha warn the girls not to go near the cave?
(a) It is slippery and dangerous.
(b) There are strange hairy creatures living in it.
(c) It is off limits and they will be punished if they are caught.
(d) It is very dark inside and they might get lost.

3. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?
(a) Looking for lost treasure.
(b) Sealing and whaling.
(c) Capturing Aboriginals to sell as slaves.
(d) Trying to find a new home.

4. What does Captain Fremantle want?
(a) He wants them to bring him and his men some food.
(b) He wants them to put some clothes on.
(c) He wants their permission to name the area.
(d) He wants to teach them about white men and their society.

5. Why do new arrivals at the school create hope?
(a) The children hope for news from back home.
(b) The children hope that the new arrivals might be able to escape.
(c) The children hope that the new arrivals will be their friends.
(d) The children hope that the new arrivals will get picked on instead of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Captain crash the ship?

2. Why does Mr. Keeling advise the Department of Native Affairs that the half-caste children should be removed from Jigalong?

3. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?

4. Why are the women settlers upset?

5. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?

(see the answer key)

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