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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common story is geologic history?
(a) Accidental migration.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Formulated migration.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

2. According to Bryson, Perth has the best _________________ in Australia.
(a) Hotels.
(b) Sunsets.
(c) Pubs.
(d) Botanical gardens.

3. To what does Perth owe much of its financial prosperity?
(a) Fishing industry.
(b) Banking industry.
(c) Mineral mining.
(d) Tourist industry.

4. How many Aborigines were living on the continent by the time the Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 25,000 - 50,000.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 300,000 - 1 million.

5. For what is Red Bluff Beach famous?
(a) The sand is covered in red crabs.
(b) The trees turn red at sunset.
(c) Two Dutch sailors were marooned here in 1629.
(d) It has amazing red sand on its shores.

6. Who was the ranger that escorted the Howes and Bryson through the park?
(a) Bob Bryan.
(b) Ron Riley.
(c) Charles Weston.
(d) Skip Murphy.

7. What water sport did Bryson attempt but could not maintain?
(a) Snorkeling.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Surfing.
(d) Boogie boarding.

8. Which of the following did Bryson say he will not know once he leaves Australia?
(a) All of these.
(b) Which sites he saw or did not see in the country.
(c) The conclusion of political events he had followed.
(d) The discovery of some new species in the desert.

9. What is the name of the plane that flew into the desert to search for lost aviation legend Charles Kingsford Smith?
(a) Aborigine.
(b) Kookaburra.
(c) Koala.
(d) Didgeridoo.

10. What was the annual tourist count of Alice Springs at the time that Bryson visited?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 75,000.

11. Which of the following did Bryson see at Surfer's Paradise?
(a) Beach.
(b) Chain hotels.
(c) Shopping centers.
(d) All of these.

12. Howe told Bryson about the _________________ that are always a danger in Australia.
(a) crocodiles.
(b) Aborigines.
(c) brushfires.
(d) coyotes.

13. Bryson is typical in his amazement of ________________ in Australia.
(a) Species migration.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Education.
(d) Natural selection.

14. What type of creature was featured in small museum Bryson stopped at on the way back to Melbourne?
(a) Giant worms of Southwest Gippsland.
(b) Coyotes of the Plains.
(c) Kangaroos in the brush.
(d) Koala bears of the Plains.

15. What was the population of Alice Springs when Bryson visited?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Captain Cook first lay eyes on Australia?

2. Why did Bryson want to switch hotels?

3. Where did Bryson and Sherwin's ferry dock?

4. What is notable about the Megascolides Australis?

5. For what is Myall Creek famous?

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