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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following fascinated Bryson during his trip to Australia?
(a) Culture.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) All of these.

2. What is Bryson's tone in the last two chapters of this book?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Wistful.
(d) Happy.

3. What is the name of the site where Bryson and Sherwin stopped to see giant boulders?
(a) Bedrock.
(b) Rocks of the Gods.
(c) Big Rocks.
(d) Devils Marbles.

4. To which national park did the Howes take Bryson?
(a) Royal National Park.
(b) Cheviot National Park.
(c) Outback National Park.
(d) Alpine National Park.

5. Who was the ranger that escorted the Howes and Bryson through the park?
(a) Skip Murphy.
(b) Ron Riley.
(c) Bob Bryan.
(d) Charles Weston.

6. What town did Bryson and Sherwin visit on the North Coast?
(a) Melbourne.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Brisbane.
(d) Edson.

7. What was the name of the seventeen-foot crocodile Bryson and Sherwin saw in a museum in Darwin?
(a) Croc.
(b) Monster.
(c) Darling.
(d) Sweetheart.

8. Which of the following is true of the Myall Creek incident?
(a) There is no interest from tourists.
(b) There is no memorial.
(c) All of these.
(d) Few people know about the incident.

9. Where did Captain Cook first lay eyes on Australia?
(a) Cape Heard.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Cape Tribulation.
(d) Cape Brittannia.

10. What is notable about the Megascolides Australis?
(a) Man-eating plants.
(b) Cannibalistic worms.
(c) Man-eating worms.
(d) The largest earthworms in the world.

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

12. Why couldn't Bryson and Sherwin swim in the cove next to their hotel?
(a) It was filled with jellyfish.
(b) They didn't bring swim trunks.
(c) It was too cold.
(d) It was too crowded.

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

14. What is the name of the plane that flew into the desert to search for lost aviation legend Charles Kingsford Smith?
(a) Didgeridoo.
(b) Aborigine.
(c) Kookaburra.
(d) Koala.

15. About which of the following did Bryson warn Sherwin?
(a) Saltwater crocodile attacks.
(b) Jellyfish attacks.
(c) All of these.
(d) Deadly animal attacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following happened to Aborigine children in an attempt to integrate them into white society?

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

3. Which of the following did Bryson say he will not know once he leaves Australia?

4. What desert habitat museum did Bryson visit?

5. In what type of country does the city of Daintree sit?

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