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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. About which of the following did Bryson warn Sherwin?
(a) All of these.
(b) Jellyfish attacks.
(c) Deadly animal attacks.
(d) Saltwater crocodile attacks.

2. What did Bryson find so amazing about the town of Alice Springs?
(a) There is not one gas station in the whole town.
(b) It has kept all its original buildings since the 1800s.
(c) It has shopping centers and international hotels in the middle of nowhere.
(d) Everyone in the town is under the age of 50.

3. Which of the following is true of the Myall Creek incident?
(a) Few people know about the incident.
(b) All of these.
(c) There is no interest from tourists.
(d) There is no memorial.

4. What is the name of the site where Bryson and Sherwin stopped to see giant boulders?
(a) Bedrock.
(b) Rocks of the Gods.
(c) Devils Marbles.
(d) Big Rocks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cyclone that devastated the town of Darwin in 1974?

2. Why did Bryson want to switch hotels?

3. To what does Perth owe much of its financial prosperity?

4. Bryson pointed out that Australia's ______________ promote(s) specialization in species.

5. The Australian government implemented relocation and ______________ programs for Aborigines in the 20th century.

Short Essay Questions

1. For what is Alice Springs best known?

2. What is the story of the plane called Kookaburra and its role in the search for aviation legend Charles Kingsford Smith?

3. How has the Aborigine population dwindled from the time Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?

4. Other than dangerous animals, what is an ever-constant threat to Australia's environment?

5. How can the reader tell that Uluru was Bryson's favorite site during his Australia trip?

6. What information did Bryson provide about how Australia came to be populated?

7. What is the tragedy of the Aborigine children that Bryson related in his book?

8. Bryson visited Glenrowan and learned about which famous outlaw?

9. What did Bryson learn from a journalist about the Myall Creek incident and how it is not even noted by most people?

10. How does the reader know that Bryson had a good time with his friends Alan Howe and Carmel Egan?

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