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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Decline of Aboriginal Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?
(a) One hundred thousand acres.
(b) One hundred miles.
(c) Five acres.
(d) One million square miles.

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

4. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.
(b) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(c) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.
(d) The Aboriginals decide.

5. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?
(a) He writes it down instead.
(b) He gets a translator.
(c) He tries to use sign language.
(d) He draws pictures in the sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?

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. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?

5. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?

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