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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 country is this book about?
(a) England.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Japan.
(d) Australia.

2. For what is Myall Creek famous?
(a) An incident involving the slaughter of Aborigines.
(b) The production of boomerangs.
(c) The prisoner colonies.
(d) The production of didgeridoos.

3. Where did Bryson and Hart take a day trip from Broken Hill?
(a) The beach.
(b) The plateaus.
(c) The desert.
(d) The mountains.

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

5. Where did Bryson go after leaving Sydney again?
(a) Victoria Station.
(b) Keeneville.
(c) Brisbane.
(d) Thomasville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the nineteenth-century man who unleashed animals to hunt?

2. Who was the British lieutenant who arrived in Australia in 1770?

3. How many Aborigines were living on the continent by the time the Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?

4. According to Bryson, Australia's interior is _________________.

5. What is the second largest city in Australia?

(see the answer key)

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