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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Canberra known?
(a) Suburban sprawl.
(b) Inner city regrowth.
(c) Downtown decay.
(d) Urban planning.

2. What is the name of the highway Bryson drove eastward along the coast to Melbourne?
(a) Queen Victoria Parkway.
(b) The Royal Route.
(c) Princess Diana Freeway.
(d) Princes Highway.

3. What was Bryson's destination city?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Perth.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Melbourne.

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

5. What has Bryson not seen yet in Australia?
(a) Koala bears.
(b) Aborigines.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) The "real" Australia.

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

7. Where did Bryson enjoy riding in the train?
(a) The locomotive.
(b) The sleeping berth.
(c) The dining car.
(d) The caboose.

8. What is Bryson's traveling companion's name?
(a) Trevor Ray Hurt.
(b) Terence Ray Hardin.
(c) Trevor Ray Hart.
(d) Tori Rae Hardesty.

9. In what year was the Commonwealth of Australia formed?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1899.

10. When did Australia establish rules of citizenship for people born in Australia?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1850s.

11. Bryson found that although Australians are amiable, they also display ________________.
(a) A defeatist attitude.
(b) A superior attitude.
(c) An arrogant attitude.
(d) A self-critical attitude.

12. Bryson was intrigued by a sign announcing _____________________.
(a) The world's hairiest woman.
(b) The world's smallest horse.
(c) The world's biggest lobster.
(d) The world's tiniest man.

13. Australian people seemed to Bryson to be obsessed with comparing their _____________ with others.
(a) Country.
(b) Sports.
(c) Government.
(d) Kids.

14. What happened when Bryson drank too much in a pub?
(a) He made lots of new friends.
(b) His notes are scrawled.
(c) He bought drinks for everybody.
(d) He make transcontinental phone calls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson and Hart do that most Australians never do?

2. What is the second largest city in Australia?

3. Australia is the habit of ____________________ than anywhere else in the world.

4. What did Captain Arthur Phillip bring with him to Australia in 1788?

5. What did not let Bryson alone during his walk on Cheviot Beach?

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