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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) French.
(b) British.
(c) Australian.
(d) American.

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

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

4. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.
(b) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(c) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(d) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.

5. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?
(a) The white people have made hunting illegal.
(b) There are houses built on them.
(c) All the animals have been frightened away.
(d) They are blocked by fences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?

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

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

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

5. What does Captain Fremantle name the area?

(see the answer key)

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