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

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

3. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1670.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1829.

4. What do Bidgup and Meedo decide to do about the food problem?
(a) Take the white women hostage.
(b) Take one of the white people's sheep.
(c) Move the whole tribe away into the desert.
(d) Kill all the white people.

5. How are black servants paid?
(a) With warm blankets.
(b) With money.
(c) They are not paid with anything.
(d) With rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?

2. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?

3. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?

4. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

5. How do the settlers allocate land?

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