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

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

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

5. What are Bidgup and Meedo worried about?
(a) That the white people will declare war on them.
(b) That the spirits of the ancestors will be angry.
(c) That they will be driven from their lands.
(d) That they will have to work for the white people.

6. How are black servants paid?
(a) They are not paid with anything.
(b) With rice.
(c) With money.
(d) With warm blankets.

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

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

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

10. Who was supposed to establish this first colony?
(a) Constable Riggs.
(b) Captain James Stirling.
(c) Arthur Carberry.
(d) Captain Freeman.

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

12. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?
(a) Almost 2,000 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) Over 40,000 years.
(d) Under 10 years.

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

14. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Mice.
(c) Horses.
(d) Lions.

15. 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.