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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Captain Phillip anchored in the harbor now known as __________________.
(a) Sydney.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Circular Quay.
(d) Roundabout Bay.

2. What is the location where Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was lost in 1967?
(a) Cheviot Beach.
(b) Chevron Lake.
(c) Chinook Bay.
(d) Chicago Point.

3. The town of Cowra is famous for a mass breakout of ____________ prisoners during World War II.
(a) French.
(b) Vietnamese.
(c) Japanese.
(d) German.

4. Bryson was intrigued by a sign announcing _____________________.
(a) The world's biggest lobster.
(b) The world's hairiest woman.
(c) The world's smallest horse.
(d) The world's tiniest man.

5. What is the name of the highway Bryson drove eastward along the coast to Melbourne?
(a) Princess Diana Freeway.
(b) Princes Highway.
(c) The Royal Route.
(d) Queen Victoria Parkway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mountain range that lies to the west of Sydney?

2. With what did Bryson dry off after snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef?

3. How many people lived in Canberra at the time Bryson wrote this book?

4. What did early European explorers think Australia was?

5. Early European explorers thought Australia was the size of __________________.

(see the answer key)

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