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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature terrified Bryson in Australia?
(a) Tasmanian devils.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Crocodiles.
(d) Sharks.

2. Where had Thomas Austin released his rabbits to horrendous consequences?
(a) Royalchelsea.
(b) Squirechelsea.
(c) Wattchelsea.
(d) Winchelsea.

3. What is notable about the Megascolides Australis?
(a) Man-eating plants.
(b) Cannibalistic worms.
(c) Man-eating worms.
(d) The largest earthworms in the world.

4. When did Australia establish rules of citizenship for people born in Australia?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1930s.

5. Howe told Bryson about the _________________ that are always a danger in Australia.
(a) crocodiles.
(b) coyotes.
(c) Aborigines.
(d) brushfires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural wonder did Bryson and Sherwin stop to see in North Queensland?

2. How much press coverage does Australia get in Western media?

3. Sherwin was more _____________ than Bryson was on this trip.

4. What is footy?

5. What is a common story is geologic history?

(see the answer key)

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