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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bryson do during the daylight hours on his visits to each city?
(a) Typed his notes.
(b) Walked the commercial and residential areas.
(c) Interviewed local people.
(d) Made phone calls home.

2. What is the mountain range that lies to the west of Sydney?
(a) Hardy Mountains.
(b) Cook Mountains.
(c) Blue Mountains.
(d) Humpback Mountains.

3. What type of creature was featured in small museum Bryson stopped at on the way back to Melbourne?
(a) Kangaroos in the brush.
(b) Coyotes of the Plains.
(c) Giant worms of Southwest Gippsland.
(d) Koala bears of the Plains.

4. Which of the following did Bryson say he will not know once he leaves Australia?
(a) The conclusion of political events he had followed.
(b) All of these.
(c) The discovery of some new species in the desert.
(d) Which sites he saw or did not see in the country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Captain Cook first lay eyes on Australia?

2. What is Bryson's tone in the last two chapters of this book?

3. Who was one of Australia's most famous land owners and miners?

4. Why couldn't Bryson and Sherwin swim in the cove next to their hotel?

5. Where did Bryson and Sherwin's ferry dock?

(see the answer key)

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