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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. Who does Constable Riggs hand the girls over to here?
(a) The headmistress of Moore River School.
(b) Gracie's family.
(c) The Chief Protector of Aborigines.
(d) Constable Melrose.

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

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

4. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?
(a) The workers killed a Mardudjara tribe on the site.
(b) The workers refused to share their food.
(c) The workers burned down large areas of brush to build on.
(d) The workers dug up a sacred site.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the white workers react to the violence?

2. What do the group have to do in order to adapt to life with white people?

3. What did Mr. Keeling, the Superintendent at Jigalong depot, write in a letter that was ignored?

4. What happens at the big meeting held during the holidays at the end of the year?

5. Who is Yellagonga?

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