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

2. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?
(a) Horses.
(b) Mice.
(c) Lions.
(d) Foxes.

3. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?
(a) A stranger arrives.
(b) A loud boom.
(c) One of the clan goes missing.
(d) A bad storm.

4. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?
(a) They told them there was good land further down the coast.
(b) They pretended to be gods.
(c) They offered them poisoned food.
(d) They offered to take them to an island, then left them there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the new settlers advised to do?

2. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

3. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?

4. How long is the military outpost there for?

5. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?

(see the answer key)

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