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

2. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?
(a) Isolation and lack of weapons make them vulnerable.
(b) The Aboriginal men fight them off.
(c) They do not have enough food.
(d) There is a large storm coming.

3. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1670.

4. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?
(a) He wants to join the army.
(b) He wants to send money home to his sick mother.
(c) He wants to find an Aboriginal to be his slave.
(d) He wants to find good land and become rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Yalbung and Beeboo see when they investigate the noise?

2. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?

3. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?

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

5. Who is Yellagonga?

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