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

2. What did Mr. Keeling, the Superintendent at Jigalong depot, write in a letter that was ignored?
(a) That the half-caste children might be dangerous if placed into white society.
(b) That the Aborigines would become violent if their children were taken away.
(c) That the half-caste children would be very unhappy if taken away from their families.
(d) That the half-caste children tend more towards black culture than white.

3. Who do the girls meet at Station 594, near Jigalong?
(a) Molly's mother.
(b) Their aunt and cousins.
(c) Constable Riggs.
(d) Molly's father.

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

5. Who names the baby Molly?
(a) Maude's father.
(b) The baby's grandmother.
(c) The father.
(d) Maude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

2. How do Gracie and Daisy react when Molly tells them of her plan to escape?

3. How do the settlers allocate land?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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