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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Bill Bryson been to Australia in the past?
(a) For book tours.
(b) For research trips.
(c) For class trips.
(d) For family reunions.

2. What is Nullarbor?
(a) An Aborigine male.
(b) A dead tree.
(c) A flat, red desert.
(d) A soda.

3. What is the world's largest living thing located in Australia?
(a) Yosemite.
(b) The Lochness Monster.
(c) The Painted Desert.
(d) The Great Barrier Reef.

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

5. What happened when Bryson fell asleep in the car?
(a) He tried to sleepwalk.
(b) He drooled on himself.
(c) He snored.
(d) He talked in his sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the worst offender of species destroying or endangering much of Australia's flora and fauna?

2. What is Bryson's traveling companion's name?

3. Bryson was intrigued by a sign announcing _____________________.

4. What did early European explorers think Australia was?

5. For what did Bryson look when stopping for the night in the desert town of Hay?

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