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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.
(b) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(c) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(d) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.

4. What does Captain Fremantle want?
(a) He wants them to put some clothes on.
(b) He wants to teach them about white men and their society.
(c) He wants them to bring him and his men some food.
(d) He wants their permission to name the area.

5. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1670.
(d) 1896.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they justify this?

2. What makes Molly think the dormitory looks like a jail?

3. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?

4. What does Captain Fremantle name the area?

5. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?

(see the answer key)

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