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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. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?
(a) A loud boom.
(b) A bad storm.
(c) A stranger arrives.
(d) One of the clan goes missing.

2. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?
(a) Because their gods will be angry.
(b) Because the English people have no right to be there.
(c) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.
(d) Because they would rather be tried under French law.

3. Who is Yellagonga?
(a) A war-loving tribal leader.
(b) An Aboriginal god.
(c) A peace-loving tribal leader.
(d) A powerful spirit ancestor.

4. Why don't the Aboriginals understand what Captain Fremantle is saying?
(a) He is speaking in his language.
(b) He is speaking in verse.
(c) He is talking about things they have never seen or heard of.
(d) He is trying to talk in their language, but getting it wrong.

5. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?
(a) A percentage of the food produced must be given to Aboriginal people.
(b) Jobs must be provided on the farms for the Aboriginal people.
(c) Large areas of land were given to European farmers, without thought for the Aboriginal people living there.
(d) Areas of land were given back to Aboriginal people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?

2. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?

3. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?

4. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?

5. What is the main reason why the Mardudjara people decide to leave their desert?

(see the answer key)

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