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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they discover the white men, what is the Aboriginal men's first fear?
(a) That they will try to kill all the Aboriginals in the camp.
(b) That they will anger the spirits.
(c) That they will take their land.
(d) That they will take away the women.

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

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

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

6. How do the Aboriginal people sleep?
(a) In small mud huts.
(b) In widened-out rabbit burrows.
(c) In brick houses.
(d) In shelters made from branches and bark.

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

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

9. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?
(a) Flesh eating monsters.
(b) Mighty kings.
(c) Spirits of the ancestors.
(d) Gods.

10. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?
(a) Because they would rather be tried under French law.
(b) Because the English people have no right to be there.
(c) Because their own laws and customs are not being respected.
(d) Because their gods will be angry.

11. Why don't the Aboriginals understand what Captain Fremantle is saying?
(a) He is speaking in verse.
(b) He is speaking in his language.
(c) He is talking about things they have never seen or heard of.
(d) He is trying to talk in their language, but getting it wrong.

12. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?
(a) Aboriginal servants are given a holiday.
(b) Free blankets are given to the Aboriginals.
(c) All the land is given back to the Aboriginals.
(d) Money is given to the Aboriginals.

13. How do the Mardudjara people interact with the white station owners?
(a) They train as stockmen and domestic help.
(b) They trade animal skins for food and tobacco.
(c) They are captured and used as slaves by the white men.
(d) They steal food from them.

14. What do the Aboriginals have to do to survive?
(a) Become Christian.
(b) Run away into the desert.
(c) Become servants to white men and women.
(d) Declare war on England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Bidgup and Meedo worried about?

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

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

4. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

5. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?

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