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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 can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?
(a) The white people have made hunting illegal.
(b) They are blocked by fences.
(c) There are houses built on them.
(d) All the animals have been frightened away.

2. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?
(a) The soldiers tell them they mean no harm.
(b) The soldiers offer them gifts in friendship.
(c) The soldiers capture two Aboriginal men but then let them go unharmed.
(d) The soldiers are unarmed.

3. What does Dora show the children how to make?
(a) Sun-hats.
(b) Knives.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Shelters.

4. What does Captain Fremantle name the area?
(a) Perth.
(b) Western Australia.
(c) New England.
(d) Northern Australia.

5. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?
(a) They told them there was good land further down the coast.
(b) They pretended to be gods.
(c) They offered them poisoned food.
(d) They offered to take them to an island, then left them there.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?

2. How do the Mardudjara people feel about their work?

3. Why did the Captain crash the ship?

4. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?

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

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