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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the white men try to break the Aboriginal culture?

2. What do Yalbung and Beeboo hear when they are hunting near the river?

3. How do the Mardudjara people interact with the white station owners?

4. How does the Illustrated Melbourne Post say the Aboriginal people reacted to this act of goodwill?

5. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Should Golda have been punished for killing the white men's steer? Was the way he was punished right?

3. What does Constable Melrose do with the girls at Marble Bar?

4. Who is the bravest character in this story?

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

6. Why is Molly confident that they will be able to get home?

7. Why does Captain Stirling crash his ship?

8. How do the Aboriginal people react to Captain Fremantle and the arrival of Stirling and his colonists?

9. Are the girls ever in any really serious danger as they walk to Jigalong?

10. Describe the grounds of Moore River.

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