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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the soldiers abandon the military outpost?

2. What does Captain Fremantle want?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the bravest character in this story?

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

3. What could the wildflowers, plants and animals that the girls see symbolize?

4. Is there anything positive about Moore River?

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

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

7. Why does Captain Fremantle attempt to communicate with the Aborigines, and is he a good man for trying to do this?

8. Did Molly, Daisy and Gracie gain anything by escaping from Moore River?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Aborigine society with white society. What are the main differences? Are there any similarities? Does one society come across as better? Why do they clash?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss misunderstanding and poor communications in this book. What happens when two societies do not understand each other? Does anyone in the story ever not understand something, or get the wrong impression, or miss the point? What problems are caused by misunderstanding or miscommunication?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the idea of human rights in this story. Who is not given proper rights, and what rights have been denied? Do the Aborigines have any more right to the land than the white people do?

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