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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. What does Dora's father Lubin suggest?
(a) Taking one of the cattle.
(b) Killing all of the cattle.
(c) Killing the white men.
(d) Stealing all of the cattle.

2. Why are the Aboriginal laws important to them?
(a) They were the first laws in Australia before the white people came.
(b) They have been around for a very long time.
(c) They were established by the king of the Aboriginals.
(d) They were passed down by the Dreamtime spirit beings.

3. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) The Aboriginals decide.
(b) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.
(c) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(d) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.

4. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?
(a) Molly.
(b) Maude.
(c) Captain Fremantle.
(d) Kundilla.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?

2. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?

3. What animal does Arthur Carberry bring to Australia with him?

4. Why did the Captain crash the ship?

5. How do they justify this?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do the Aborigines receive justice in chapter three?

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

3. Is Kundilla too trusting?

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

5. Why are the Aborigines afraid of white men?

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

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

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

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

10. How do Aborigine people hunt and kill their food?

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