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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 clear an area to build houses on.
(b) To drive off the white men.
(c) To flush out animals, which are caught and eaten.
(d) For a religious ritual.

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) They don't believe in violence.
(c) They believe that the white men are right.
(d) The white men have superior weapons.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?

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

3. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?

4. What weapons do the Aboriginal men use to hunt with?

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

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