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

2. Why did the Captain crash the ship?
(a) He wasn't watching where he was going.
(b) He saw the Aboriginals and thought they would make good servants.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) He was shocked by the sight of Captain Fremantle's boat already in the estuary.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?

3. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?

4. What does Captain Fremantle name the area?

5. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?

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