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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) Banking industry.
(d) Fishing industry.

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

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

4. What is the Alice Springs School of Air?
(a) A class held on the radio.
(b) A meteorological school.
(c) An aviation school.
(d) A weather station.

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

6. What was the annual tourist count of Alice Springs at the time that Bryson visited?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 350,000.

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

8. What desert habitat museum did Bryson visit?
(a) Royal Desert Park.
(b) Ayers Rock Museum.
(c) Great Barrier Habitat Museum.
(d) Alice Springs Desert Park.

9. What is the name of the place that was a staging area for the Allies in World War II?
(a) McAlister Springs.
(b) Tarpon Springs.
(c) Alice Springs.
(d) Coral Springs.

10. For what is Red Bluff Beach famous?
(a) The sand is covered in red crabs.
(b) It has amazing red sand on its shores.
(c) Two Dutch sailors were marooned here in 1629.
(d) The trees turn red at sunset.

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

12. What was the population of Alice Springs when Bryson visited?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 250,000.

13. With what did Bryson dry off after snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef?
(a) A big palm.
(b) His pants.
(c) A beach towel.
(d) Sherwin's shirt.

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

15. What do Australians call the North Coast?
(a) The head.
(b) The crown.
(c) The hat.
(d) The topside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of trees did Bryson explore in the forests southwest of Perth?

2. Where is Surfer's Paradise located?

3. The town of Glenrowan is most famous for the downfall of which outlaw?

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

5. Bryston stated that when he leaves Australia it will almost be like Australia _____________________.

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