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

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

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

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

5. How are black servants paid?
(a) With warm blankets.
(b) With rice.
(c) They are not paid with anything.
(d) With money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?

3. What does Captain Fremantle want?

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

5. What does Dora show the children how to make?

(see the answer key)

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