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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Swan River Colony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How long is the military outpost there for?
(a) One year.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Five years.

3. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?
(a) Flesh eating monsters.
(b) Spirits of the ancestors.
(c) Mighty kings.
(d) Gods.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?

2. Why did the Captain crash the ship?

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

4. Who is Yellagonga?

5. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?

(see the answer key)

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