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

2. Why did some Mardudjara people react violently to white construction workers?
(a) The workers dug up a sacred site.
(b) The workers killed a Mardudjara tribe on the site.
(c) The workers refused to share their food.
(d) The workers burned down large areas of brush to build on.

3. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?
(a) He wants to find an Aboriginal to be his slave.
(b) He wants to send money home to his sick mother.
(c) He wants to join the army.
(d) He wants to find good land and become rich.

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

5. What does Captain Fremantle want?
(a) He wants them to bring him and his men some food.
(b) He wants them to put some clothes on.
(c) He wants to teach them about white men and their society.
(d) He wants their permission to name the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Yellagonga?

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

3. What is the name of Captain Fremantle's gunboat?

4. What do Yalbung and Beeboo see when they investigate the noise?

5. What punishment are Bidgup and Meedo given?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the other children treat Molly, and why do you think they react to her this way?

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

4. Do the Aborigines do enough to fight back?

5. The colonists are told to 'keep up their Englishness.' What does this involve? Why might they be asked to do this?

6. Is Moore River a nice place?

7. How do Maude's family react to her pregnancy?

8. Has the author been trying to give the reader any messages by telling them this story?

9. Why is Jigalong appealing to the Mardu people?

10. Is it fair that Bidgup and Meedo are sent to a penal colony?

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