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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: What Happened to Them? Where Are They Now?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?
(a) Areas of land were given back to Aboriginal people.
(b) A percentage of the food produced must be given to Aboriginal people.
(c) Large areas of land were given to European farmers, without thought for the Aboriginal people living there.
(d) Jobs must be provided on the farms for the Aboriginal people.

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

3. Why are the Aboriginal people forced to accept the white men's system of justice and punishment?
(a) The Queen tells them to.
(b) The white men have superior weapons.
(c) They believe that the white men are right.
(d) They don't believe in violence.

4. What weapons do the Aboriginal men use to hunt with?
(a) Guns.
(b) Swords.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Spears.

5. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?
(a) They told them there was good land further down the coast.
(b) They pretended to be gods.
(c) They offered them poisoned food.
(d) They offered to take them to an island, then left them there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Molly think she is too old for school?

2. What is the Mardudjara?

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

4. Why does Molly sometimes wish she didn't have light skin?

5. Who do the girls meet at Station 594, near Jigalong?

(see the answer key)

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