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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. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?
(a) They refused it.
(b) With gratitude.
(c) They did not understand.
(d) They were angry.

2. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?
(a) They were passed down by the Dreamtime spirit beings.
(b) They were established by the king of the Aboriginals.
(c) They were the first laws in Australia before the white people came.
(d) They have been around for a very long time.

3. How long is the military outpost there for?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) One year.

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

5. How do they justify this?
(a) The white people are evil.
(b) The food should be shared.
(c) They will die if they do not.
(d) The spirits of the ancestors told them to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?

2. What weapons do the Aboriginal men use to hunt with?

3. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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