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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is established as an act of goodwill on Queen Victoria's birthday?

2. What flag do the soldiers raise on the shore?

3. By what name are the Mardudjara people referred to?

4. What does Dora show the children how to make?

5. What do the group have to do in order to adapt to life with white people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do children at Moore River attempt to stay happy?

2. How does Moore River attempt to make the children culturally 'white' and forget their Aboriginal identity?

3. Did anyone have a happy ending in this story?

4. By moving to places like Jigalong, are the Aborigines losing their culture?

5. Should the Aborigines take more action against the white people in chapter two?

6. Do the Aborigines do enough to fight back?

7. Do the white people try to help the Aborigines?

8. Why have the colonists come to Australia?

9. How do the girls' families react when the children are taken?

10. What does Captain Fremantle do wrong when he tries to communicate?

(see the answer keys)

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