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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. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?
(a) In brick houses.
(b) In shelters made from branches and bark.
(c) In widened-out rabbit burrows.
(d) In small mud huts.

2. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?
(a) Because they had seen white men fighting from a distance.
(b) Because they had received threatening letters from them.
(c) Because white pirates had already killed men and taken women as sex slaves.
(d) Because they were afraid of the strange colour of their skin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?

2. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?

3. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?

4. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?

5. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?

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