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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. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?
(a) 1200s.
(b) 1500s.
(c) 1800s.
(d) 1900s.

2. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?
(a) The Jolly Roger (a pirate flag).
(b) The Union Jack (the British flag).
(c) The Stars and Stripes (the American flag).
(d) The Flag of Australia.

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

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

5. What were the white construction workers doing?
(a) Laying railway tracks.
(b) Building houses.
(c) Sinking wells.
(d) Building a barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Maude's child?

2. What does Captain Fremantle want?

3. What happens when Udja complains to a white magistrate that his wife has been stolen by a white man?

4. How do Molly and Gracie's family express their sorrow when the girls are taken?

5. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?

(see the answer key)

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