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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of trees were available in Horsham?
(a) Evergreen trees.
(b) Nut trees.
(c) Fruit trees.
(d) Palm trees.

2. What was a weet-weet?
(a) A bird.
(b) A knife.
(c) A kind of mortar.
(d) A cigar.

3. What was the capital of Tasmania?
(a) Hubert.
(b) Hobart.
(c) Hodson.
(d) Hudson.

4. What did Twain see in Wauganu?
(a) Museums.
(b) Ancient artifacts.
(c) War monuments.
(d) A business model.

5. What did Twain use to write a poem?
(a) Town names.
(b) Ship names.
(c) River names.
(d) Animal sounds.

6. What was being installed on the streets in Sydney?
(a) Electric lighting.
(b) Traffic lights.
(c) Curbs.
(d) Sewer drains.

7. What was mined in Stawell?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Copper.
(d) Brass.

8. What did the Australian government pay bounties for?
(a) Captured criminals.
(b) Run-away orphans.
(c) Slave traders.
(d) Dead sharks.

9. What country did Twain like to discuss with the Englishman on the ship?
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) South Africa.

10. What animal in Australia did Twain talk about in detail?
(a) The crocodiles.
(b) The kangaroo.
(c) The dingo.
(d) The cuckaburra.

11. What did Twain discuss with the two interesting men he met on a train in Australia?
(a) Politics.
(b) Hotels.
(c) Mining.
(d) Religion.

12. What did the missionary say was slow to spread in his home country?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Education.
(d) Equality.

13. What was Wawn's title?
(a) First mate.
(b) Captain.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Purser.

14. How long was the train trip to Adelaid?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 14 hours.
(d) 17 hours.

15. Who was in Australia before the British arrived?
(a) The vikings.
(b) The natives.
(c) The aboriginals.
(d) The trappers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What freedom was big in South Australia?

2. What was a weet-weet used for?

3. What was mined in Bendigo?

4. What was eliminated from Tasmania in the 1800s?

5. What law changed in the slave trade?

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