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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. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?
(a) To drive off the white men.
(b) To clear an area to build houses on.
(c) To flush out animals, which are caught and eaten.
(d) For a religious ritual.

2. What is the Mardudjara?
(a) An area of Australia where beautiful flowers grow.
(b) Several tribes of Aboriginal people who live in the desert regions.
(c) An Aboriginal god.
(d) A settlement for Aboriginal people.

3. When Golda spears one of the cattle, what happens to him?
(a) He is captured and taken away by the white men.
(b) He is shot dead by the white men.
(c) He is kicked and killed by the panicked animal.
(d) He is captured and whipped by the white men.

4. Who set up a military base to get rid of the pirates?
(a) The Chief Protector of Aborigines.
(b) Captain Fremantle.
(c) Major Edmund Lockyer.
(d) Captain Freeman.

5. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(b) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(c) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.
(d) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?

2. What do Dora's clan see coming through the desert?

3. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?

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

5. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?

(see the answer key)

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