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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 long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?
(a) Over 40,000 years.
(b) Under 10 years.
(c) Almost 2,000 years.
(d) 100 years.

2. How do the Mardudjara people interact with the white station owners?
(a) They trade animal skins for food and tobacco.
(b) They steal food from them.
(c) They are captured and used as slaves by the white men.
(d) They train as stockmen and domestic help.

3. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1900s.
(c) 1200s.
(d) 1500s.

4. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?
(a) With their teeth.
(b) With bears' teeth.
(c) With knives and forks.
(d) With sharp stones.

5. How do the white workers react to the violence?
(a) They kill some of the Mardudjara people in their sleep.
(b) They report the Mardudjara people to the authorities.
(c) They leave.
(d) They take more of the Mardudjara land as compensation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Bidgup and Meedo worried about?

2. What does Captain Fremantle want?

3. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?

4. How many wives does Kundilla have?

5. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?

(see the answer key)

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