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

2. What is a wuungku?
(a) A dress.
(b) A ceremonial headdress.
(c) A type of weapon.
(d) A shelter.

3. What were the white construction workers doing?
(a) Sinking wells.
(b) Laying railway tracks.
(c) Building a barn.
(d) Building houses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Yellagonga?

3. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?

4. How do they justify this?

5. How do the Aboriginals cut their meat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the arrival of white colonists been bad for the Aboriginal people?

2. Who is the bravest character in this story?

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

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

5. How are the girls feeling throughout their journey south to Moore River?

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

7. Do Kundilla and his people live a good life?

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

9. Describe life in an Aboriginal tribe.

10. Describe how Molly and the girls escape Moore River.

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