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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) For a religious ritual.
(b) To flush out animals, which are caught and eaten.
(c) To clear an area to build houses on.
(d) To drive off the white men.

2. What do Yalbung and Beeboo see when they investigate the noise?
(a) White men and women, and their belongings, on the beach.
(b) Animals attacking their camp.
(c) White men carrying off Aboriginal women.
(d) White men fighting each other on the beach.

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

4. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?
(a) Their mothers.
(b) The tribal elders.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) The boys themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?

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

3. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?

4. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?

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

(see the answer key)

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