Comprehension Quiz WORKSHEET 2

1. What are the Woiwurrung words used by Wurundjeri people words for ‘Elders’ and ‘visitors’?

2. What is Wurun?

3. What is Djeri?

4. What is the creator spirit of the Wurundjeri?

5. What is the language of the Wurundjeri?

6. What names are Aboriginal elders given as a mark of respect?

7. What obvious piece of clothing are many of the figures in this book wearing?

8. What area do the Wurundjeri people come from?

9. Finish this sentence: ‘But you must only take from this land...’?

10. Who illustrated Aunty Joy Murphy’s text?

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1. What are the Woiwurrung words used by Wurundjeri people words for ‘Elders’ and ‘visitors’? Ilwks and yannibil.

2. What is Wurun? The River White Gum.

3. What is Djeri? The grub that lives in the tree.

4. What is the creator spirit of the Wurundjeri? Bunjil the eagle.

5. What is the language of the Wurundjeri? Woiwurrung Ngulu.

6. What names are Aboriginal elders given as a mark of respect? Aunty or Uncle.

7. What obvious piece of clothing are many of the figures in this book wearing? Possum skin cloaks (Walert Gurn).

8. What area do the Wurundjeri people come from? ‘Wurundjeri Country lies within the inner city of Melbourne and extends north of the Great Dividing Range, east to Mount Baw Baw, south to Mordialloc Creek and to the mouth of the Werribee River.’ Wurundjeri Tribe Melbourne and surrounds.

9. Finish this sentence: ‘But you must only take from this land...’? ...what you can give back.’

10. Who illustrated Aunty Joy Murphy’s text? Lisa Kennedy.

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