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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 Dayup know that Captain Fremantle must be important?
(a) Because he tells them he is in charge.
(b) Because they recognize his picture from the newspaper.
(c) Because the other men salute him.
(d) Because he is wearing a uniform.

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

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

4. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?
(a) That the white men are human beings and not spirits.
(b) A secret hiding place from the white men.
(c) How to use guns.
(d) That all their beliefs are false.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the white men compared to?

3. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?

4. How many wives does Kundilla have?

5. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

(see the answer key)

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