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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 is the largest city in Australia?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Brisbane.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Canberra.

2. What museum did Carmel take Bryson to visit?
(a) Immigration Museum.
(b) Natural History Museum.
(c) Aviation Museum.
(d) Maritime Museum.

3. What did not let Bryson alone during his walk on Cheviot Beach?
(a) Flies.
(b) Reporters.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Tourists.

4. What is Nullarbor?
(a) An Aborigine male.
(b) A soda.
(c) A dead tree.
(d) A flat, red desert.

5. What sport did Bryson hear broadcast on the car radio?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Rugby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second largest city in Australia?

2. What type of animals did Thomas Austin unleash to hunt for sport?

3. What was Bryson's destination after leaving Adelaide?

4. What has Bryson not seen yet in Australia?

5. What mesmerized Bryson while on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bryson and Hart travel through the desert and what historical thoughts did Bryson provide the reader during this time?

2. What national tragedy and embarrassment occurred at Cheviot Beach in 1967?

3. Describe Bryson's trip east from Adelaide to Melbourne.

4. How did Canberra come to be the capital of Australia?

5. What particularly fascinated Bryson about the train ride across the desert?

6. What man was unwittingly responsible for the barren land surrounding the town of Hay?

7. Who was James Cook and when did he set foot in Australia?

8. Describe Bryson's trek through desolate land from Canberra to Adelaide.

9. What did early European explorers think Australia was when they saw it or landed on it?

10. For what is Sydney's Circular Quay most famous?

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