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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Perth owe much of its financial prosperity?
(a) Mineral mining.
(b) Tourist industry.
(c) Fishing industry.
(d) Banking industry.

2. The boulders at Devil's Marbles measure _________________ feet across.
(a) Five to ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirty or more.
(d) Twenty or so.

3. What color predominates in the desert Bryson and Sherwin passed through on the way to Alice Spring?
(a) Tan.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Grey.

4. Who was the journalist who exposed the Myall Creek incident?
(a) Clayton Ashley Hall.
(b) Frederick Smith Hall.
(c) Edward Smith Hall.
(d) James Ashley Hall.

5. In what part of America did Bryson live at the time he visited Australia?
(a) New England.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) California.

6. What are the lichen-like creatures that Bryson viewed at Sharks Bay?
(a) Stomas.
(b) Lichentolites.
(c) Blastolites.
(d) Stromatolites.

7. What did Bryson agree to while having a bit too much to drink at a pub in Daly Waters?
(a) Free meals for Sherwin for a month.
(b) A month-long house swap with a Korean couple.
(c) A new car for Sherwin.
(d) A naked dance on the beach at midnight.

8. Lang Hancock once claimed that his land had more ______________ than the U.S. and Canada combined.
(a) Silver.
(b) Iron ore.
(c) Gold.
(d) Mountains.

9. In Perth Bryson encountered an echidna which is related to _________________.
(a) coyotes.
(b) koalas.
(c) the duck-billed platypus.
(d) the Stegosaurus.

10. Where did Bryson fly into first on his next trip to Australia?
(a) New South Wales.
(b) Victoria.
(c) North Queensland.
(d) Western Australia.

11. How fast can the Australian brushfires move?
(a) 55 mph.
(b) 15 mph.
(c) 30 mph.
(d) 100 mph.

12. Where did Bryson walk through the tops of trees?
(a) Royal Brittannia Valley.
(b) Green Valley.
(c) Kookaburra Valley.
(d) Valley of the Giants.

13. The town of Glenrowan is most famous for the downfall of which outlaw?
(a) Al Capone.
(b) John Dillinger.
(c) Ned Kelly.
(d) Butch Cassidy.

14. What was the projected population of Aborigines at the time Bryson wrote this book?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 60,000.

15. Where was Alan Howe's country house located?
(a) Keane Station.
(b) Koala Valley.
(c) Kangaroo Gulch.
(d) King Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Echidnas and the platypus are the only members of the animal group called ______________.

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

3. About which of the following did Bryson warn Sherwin?

4. What is the Alice Springs School of Air?

5. Where was Kingsford Smith later recovered?

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