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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 are teenage boys sent out into the Law?
(a) To become men.
(b) To find a new clan to join.
(c) To fight white men.
(d) To gather firewood.

2. Why are the Aboriginal people forced to accept the white men's system of justice and punishment?
(a) The Queen tells them to.
(b) The white men have superior weapons.
(c) They believe that the white men are right.
(d) They don't believe in violence.

3. What do Dora's clan see coming through the desert?
(a) An army of white men.
(b) White men on a hunting trip.
(c) White men droving a large herd of cattle.
(d) A train.

4. What do the group have to do in order to adapt to life with white people?
(a) Become Christian.
(b) Wash.
(c) Learn English.
(d) Put clothes on.

5. How do the Mardudjara people feel about their work?
(a) They do not understand it and often do a bad job.
(b) They see it as exploitation.
(c) They are angered by it, and plot revenge.
(d) They see it as a form of kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?

2. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?

3. In what ways do the Mardudjara people suffer?

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

5. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?

(see the answer key)

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