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

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

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

4. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?
(a) Kundilla.
(b) Molly.
(c) Maude.
(d) Captain Fremantle.

5. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?
(a) Flesh eating monsters.
(b) Spirits of the ancestors.
(c) Gods.
(d) Mighty kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?

2. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

3. Why don't the Aboriginals understand what Captain Fremantle is saying?

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

5. Why are the women settlers upset?

(see the answer key)

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