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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Why did the first white invaders come in the first place?
(a) Looking for lost treasure.
(b) Capturing Aboriginals to sell as slaves.
(c) Trying to find a new home.
(d) Sealing and whaling.

4. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?
(a) Isolation and lack of weapons make them vulnerable.
(b) They do not have enough food.
(c) There is a large storm coming.
(d) The Aboriginal men fight them off.

5. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Men's voices and cries of frightened women.
(c) Roars of dangerous animals.
(d) A ship's horn.

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

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

8. By what name are the Mardudjara people referred to?
(a) Jara.
(b) The Desert People.
(c) Majara.
(d) Mardu.

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

10. What do the group have to do in order to adapt to life with white people?
(a) Put clothes on.
(b) Wash.
(c) Become Christian.
(d) Learn English.

11. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?
(a) To clear an area to build houses on.
(b) To flush out animals, which are caught and eaten.
(c) For a religious ritual.
(d) To drive off the white men.

12. Who is Yellagonga?
(a) A peace-loving tribal leader.
(b) A war-loving tribal leader.
(c) An Aboriginal god.
(d) A powerful spirit ancestor.

13. Why are the Aboriginals afraid of white men?
(a) Because they had seen white men fighting from a distance.
(b) Because they were afraid of the strange colour of their skin.
(c) Because white pirates had already killed men and taken women as sex slaves.
(d) Because they had received threatening letters from them.

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

15. How does Dayup know that Captain Fremantle must be important?
(a) Because they recognize his picture from the newspaper.
(b) Because he is wearing a uniform.
(c) Because the other men salute him.
(d) Because he tells them he is in charge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are teenage boys sent out into the Law?

2. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?

3. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

4. What were the new settlers advised to do?

5. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?

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