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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Journey South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?
(a) There is a large storm coming.
(b) The Aboriginal men fight them off.
(c) They do not have enough food.
(d) Isolation and lack of weapons make them vulnerable.

2. What do Yalbung and Beeboo see when they investigate the noise?
(a) White men fighting each other on the beach.
(b) Animals attacking their camp.
(c) White men and women, and their belongings, on the beach.
(d) White men carrying off Aboriginal women.

3. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?
(a) He wants to find an Aboriginal to be his slave.
(b) He wants to find good land and become rich.
(c) He wants to join the army.
(d) He wants to send money home to his sick mother.

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

5. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Australian.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?

2. What is the Canning Stock Route?

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

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

5. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

(see the answer key)

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