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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did realizing the professional barriers facing women change Conway's opinion of her mother?
(a) She disliked her philosophy.
(b) She understood her better.
(c) Her opinion stayed the same.
(d) She pitied her more.

2. How did Bob die?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A train accident.
(c) An illness.
(d) Drowning.

3. How did working as a medical practice receptionist change Conway?
(a) She became less shy.
(b) She learned practical skills.
(c) She discovered her calling.
(d) It didn't change her.

4. After visiting England, how did Conway describe English culture?
(a) Alien.
(b) Painful.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Beautiful.

5. Why did Conway feel frustrated with Australian historians?
(a) Because they focused on the elite.
(b) Because they focused on modern history.
(c) Because they focused on Western history.
(d) Because they ignored the influence of farmers.

6. In "Schooling," what type of music did Bob play?
(a) Traditional Australian.
(b) Classical.
(c) Rock.
(d) Jazz.

7. After Bob's death, what did Mrs. Ker assume about her remaining children?
(a) That they would die before she did.
(b) That they would walk out on her.
(c) That they would die accidental deaths.
(d) That they would send her to a hospital.

8. Why did Conway want to return to Coorain after her first year at college?
(a) She wanted to reconnect with the land.
(b) She wanted to do physical labor.
(c) She wanted to teach the workers.
(d) She didn't want to return to Coorain.

9. In "The Nardoo Stones," who does Conway begin going to the bar with?
(a) A group of communists.
(b) A pair of twins.
(c) A writers' guild.
(d) Her roommates.

10. At the end of "Finding the Southern Cross," what happened to Mrs. Ker?
(a) She fractured her leg.
(b) She broke her wrist.
(c) She caught chickenpox.
(d) She developed a rash.

11. In "Finding the Southern Cross," what did Conway stop doing after Bob's death?
(a) Reading with her mother.
(b) Sleeping at night.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Doing her homework.

12. After visiting England, what did Conway feel had merged with the British Empire?
(a) Asia.
(b) Northern Africa.
(c) The church.
(d) Women.

13. What did Conway decide after her first year at the University of Sydney?
(a) To drop out.
(b) To transfer.
(c) To travel for a semester.
(d) To switch majors.

14. In "The Nardoo Stones," why did Conway feel like she couldn't disagree with her mother?
(a) She didn't want to make her sick.
(b) She felt like they were becoming friends.
(c) She didn't want to argue at all.
(d) Mrs. Ker stopped talking.

15. After leaving Spain, in "Recharting the Globe," why did Mrs. Ker become upset?
(a) She couldn't keep up with Conway any longer.
(b) She recieved a letter from Barry.
(c) She was homesick.
(d) She knew she was drinking too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What buildings did Conway want to see, in "Recharting the Globe"?

2. Why did Mrs. Ker send Barry back to Coorain, in "Finding the Southern Cross"?

3. How did Conway describe her time in Catalonia?

4. How did Ceylon enlighten Conway's religious education?

5. During their trip to Europe, in "Recharting the Globe," what country did Conway and her mother visit first?

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