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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.
(b) The Aboriginals decide.
(c) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(d) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.

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

3. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?
(a) Because their gods will be angry.
(b) Because they would rather be tried under French law.
(c) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.
(d) Because the English people have no right to be there.

4. How do the white men try to break the Aboriginal culture?
(a) They force them to wear clothes.
(b) They make it illegal for them to have children.
(c) They enslave them.
(d) They prevent them from doing their sacred rituals and dances.

5. By what name are the Mardudjara people referred to?
(a) Mardu.
(b) Jara.
(c) The Desert People.
(d) Majara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?

2. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?

3. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

4. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?

5. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?

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