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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 is footy?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Australian Rules football.

2. Bryson and Sherwin took a ferry to __________________.
(a) the Australian Desert.
(b) Coral See Islands.
(c) the Great Barrier Reef.
(d) the Sydney Opera House.

3. Which of the following did Bryson see at Surfer's Paradise?
(a) Chain hotels.
(b) Beach.
(c) Shopping centers.
(d) All of these.

4. How many Aborigines were living on the continent by the time the Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 300,000 - 1 million.
(d) 25,000 - 50,000.

5. What is a common story is geologic history?
(a) Survival of the fittest.
(b) Accidental migration.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Formulated migration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bryson meet up with in Melbourne?

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

3. What creature terrified Bryson in Australia?

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

5. What had Bryson hoped to see in the South Australia Museum?

(see the answer key)

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