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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. How do they justify this?
(a) They will die if they do not.
(b) The food should be shared.
(c) The white people are evil.
(d) The spirits of the ancestors told them to.

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

3. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?
(a) Their mothers.
(b) The boys themselves.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) The tribal elders.

4. By what name are the Mardudjara people referred to?
(a) Mardu.
(b) Jara.
(c) The Desert People.
(d) Majara.

5. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?
(a) That they will take away the women.
(b) That they will try to kill all the Aboriginals in the camp.
(c) That they will take their land.
(d) That they will anger the spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does Kundilla have?

2. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?

3. What is the Mardudjara?

4. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?

5. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?

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