View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the girls see as they come into the harbor, that makes them homesick?
(a) A wheat silo with a picture of a red dingo on it, which they recognize from flour sacks given to Aborigine people at Jigalong.
(b) The rabbit-proof fence.
(c) A huge water tank, like those at the depot at Jigalong.
(d) A food factory with a picture of a yellow chicken on it, which they recognize from food packets given to Aborigine people at Jigalong.

2. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?
(a) A loud boom.
(b) A stranger arrives.
(c) One of the clan goes missing.
(d) A bad storm.

3. How long is the military outpost there for?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Five years.

4. Where do the girls spend the night before moving on?
(a) In the car.
(b) Locked in the empty cells in the police station.
(c) In a nearby Aborigine settlement.
(d) On the floor at the constable's house.

5. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?
(a) They were established by the king of the Aboriginals.
(b) They were passed down by the Dreamtime spirit beings.
(c) They were the first laws in Australia before the white people came.
(d) They have been around for a very long time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?

3. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?

4. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?

5. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 412 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample