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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. What becomes a regular weekend event?
(a) Pilgrimages into the Law.
(b) A ritual dance.
(c) Hunting and gathering traditional foods.
(d) Telling stories of the ancestors around the communal fire.

2. What was the common view of half-caste children at this time?
(a) That they would not love their darker skinned families.
(b) That they were inferior to the 'pure whites' and 'pure blacks.'
(c) That they were monsters.
(d) That they were more intelligent than other Aboriginal children.

3. How do they justify this?
(a) The food should be shared.
(b) The spirits of the ancestors told them to.
(c) They will die if they do not.
(d) The white people are evil.

4. What do Dora's clan see coming through the desert?
(a) A train.
(b) White men on a hunting trip.
(c) White men droving a large herd of cattle.
(d) An army of white men.

5. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Aborigines?
(a) It is a place where they can learn English.
(b) They will be able to live in houses rather than stick shelters.
(c) Food, and safety from the white people.
(d) No guns are allowed in the settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jiigalong established?

2. How do Maude's family feel about their new boss, the maintenance inspector?

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

4. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?

5. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

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