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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bryson agree to while having a bit too much to drink at a pub in Daly Waters?
(a) Free meals for Sherwin for a month.
(b) A naked dance on the beach at midnight.
(c) A month-long house swap with a Korean couple.
(d) A new car for Sherwin.

2. How many specimens of plants and small animals did Banks collect while in Australia?
(a) At least 100,000.
(b) Less than 20,000.
(c) About 50,000.
(d) Over 30,000.

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

4. The waters off the coast of Victoria are best known for _____________.
(a) Shipwrecks.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Gold.

5. Early European explorers thought Australia was the size of __________________.
(a) New Guinea.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Fiji.
(d) The Bahamas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Commonwealth of Australia formed?

2. What did not let Bryson alone during his walk on Cheviot Beach?

3. What was the name of Lt. James Cook's ship?

4. Captain Phillip anchored in the harbor now known as __________________.

5. At one time how may Allied troops were in holding in Alice Springs?

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