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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. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.
(b) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(c) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(d) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.

2. Who set up a military base to get rid of the pirates?
(a) Captain Fremantle.
(b) The Chief Protector of Aborigines.
(c) Major Edmund Lockyer.
(d) Captain Freeman.

3. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?
(a) One million square miles.
(b) One hundred miles.
(c) Five acres.
(d) One hundred thousand acres.

4. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) Australian.
(d) British.

5. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?
(a) He tries to use sign language.
(b) He draws pictures in the sand.
(c) He gets a translator.
(d) He writes it down instead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?

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

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

4. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?

5. What does Captain Fremantle want?

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