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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do most people know about Australia?
(a) Enough to get by.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Just trivia points.
(d) Shockingly little.

2. How many people lived in Canberra at the time Bryson wrote this book?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 330,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

3. What had Bryson hoped to see in the South Australia Museum?
(a) The Tasmanian Devil.
(b) Captain Cook's sword.
(c) A coral display.
(d) The Spriggina Fossil.

4. The boulders at Devil's Marbles measure _________________ feet across.
(a) Twenty or so.
(b) Five to ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty or more.

5. How much press coverage does Australia get in Western media?
(a) Much less than most other countries.
(b) An excessive amount compared to other countries.
(c) None at all.
(d) More than most other countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Bryson did when arriving in a new city?

2. What famous site did Bryson and Sherwin see in the town of Daly Waters?

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

4. Where had Thomas Austin released his rabbits to horrendous consequences?

5. How fast can the Australian brushfires move?

(see the answer key)

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