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

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

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

4. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?
(a) With their teeth.
(b) With bears' teeth.
(c) With sharp stones.
(d) With knives and forks.

5. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?
(a) To find a new clan to join.
(b) To become men.
(c) To fight white men.
(d) To gather firewood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?

2. How many wives does Kundilla have?

3. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?

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

5. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?

(see the answer key)

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