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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?
(a) They refused it.
(b) They did not understand.
(c) They were angry.
(d) With gratitude.

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

3. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?
(a) The soldiers offer them gifts in friendship.
(b) The soldiers capture two Aboriginal men but then let them go unharmed.
(c) The soldiers tell them they mean no harm.
(d) The soldiers are unarmed.

4. In what ways do the Mardudjara people suffer?
(a) They are forced to work as slaves.
(b) The white people steal their food and possessions.
(c) Violence, sexual exploitation, and loss of lands.
(d) Hunger and disease.

5. When Golda spears one of the cattle, what happens to him?
(a) He is captured and whipped by the white men.
(b) He is captured and taken away by the white men.
(c) He is kicked and killed by the panicked animal.
(d) He is shot dead by the white men.

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

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

8. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?
(a) They are hung.
(b) They are whipped.
(c) Imprisonment in a Penal Colony.
(d) They are forced into slavery.

9. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?
(a) Perth.
(b) Swan River Colony.
(c) Moore River Settlement.
(d) Jigalong.

10. What does Dora show the children how to make?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Shelters.
(c) Sun-hats.
(d) Knives.

11. How much land had Captain Fremantle already claimed?
(a) One hundred miles.
(b) Five acres.
(c) One million square miles.
(d) One hundred thousand acres.

12. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?
(a) Kundilla.
(b) Maude.
(c) Molly.
(d) Captain Fremantle.

13. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?
(a) To find a new clan to join.
(b) To fight white men.
(c) To gather firewood.
(d) To become men.

14. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?
(a) The Flag of Australia.
(b) The Union Jack (the British flag).
(c) The Jolly Roger (a pirate flag).
(d) The Stars and Stripes (the American flag).

15. How many wives does Kundilla have?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Canning Stock Route?

2. What do Bidgup and Meedo decide to do about the food problem?

3. What nationality is Captain Fremantle?

4. How is this carried out?

5. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?

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