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

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

3. What does Captain Fremantle want?
(a) He wants them to bring him and his men some food.
(b) He wants them to put some clothes on.
(c) He wants their permission to name the area.
(d) He wants to teach them about white men and their society.

4. What are Bidgup and Meedo worried about?
(a) That they will have to work for the white people.
(b) That the white people will declare war on them.
(c) That the spirits of the ancestors will be angry.
(d) That they will be driven from their lands.

5. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?
(a) He wants to find an Aboriginal to be his slave.
(b) He wants to join the army.
(c) He wants to find good land and become rich.
(d) He wants to send money home to his sick mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who set up a military base to get rid of the pirates?

2. Who is Yellagonga?

3. What do Bidgup and Meedo decide to do about the food problem?

4. How are black servants paid?

5. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?

(see the answer key)

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