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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous site did Bryson and Sherwin see in the town of Daly Waters?
(a) The Great Barrier Reef.
(b) The Australian Desert.
(c) The Stuart Tree.
(d) The Queensland Prairie.

2. The Australian government implemented relocation and ______________ programs for Aborigines in the 20th century.
(a) Language.
(b) Cultural.
(c) Medical.
(d) Reeducation.

3. What was the Myall Creek incident?
(a) White settlers killed British soldiers by mistake.
(b) White settlers killed 25 Aborigines for sport.
(c) British sailors were massacred by Aborigines.
(d) Aborigines killed the white settlers' cattle.

4. Why did Bryson want to switch hotels?
(a) There was a disco downstairs.
(b) Their room looked out onto a K-mart.
(c) They couldn't get the air conditioning to work.
(d) They didn't like the early morning sun.

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

6. Howe told Bryson about the _________________ that are always a danger in Australia.
(a) Aborigines.
(b) coyotes.
(c) brushfires.
(d) crocodiles.

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 new car for Sherwin.
(c) A naked dance on the beach at midnight.
(d) A month-long house swap with a Korean couple.

8. What natural wonder did Bryson and Sherwin stop to see in North Queensland?
(a) Great Barrier Reef.
(b) Mount Augustus.
(c) Heard Island.
(d) Grand Canyon.

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

10. When was the initial peopling of the Australian continent?
(a) 45,000 - 60,000 years ago.
(b) 60,000 - 70,000 years ago.
(c) One million years ago.
(d) 15,000 - 30,000 years ago.

11. What fascinated Bryson the most on his trip to Australia?
(a) Kangaroos.
(b) Ayers Rock.
(c) The Great Barrier Reef.
(d) Australian beer.

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

13. Which of the following did Bryson see at Surfer's Paradise?
(a) Shopping centers.
(b) Beach.
(c) Chain hotels.
(d) All of these.

14. How many Aborigines were living on the continent by the time the Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?
(a) 300,000 - 1 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 25,000 - 50,000.
(d) 500,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about the Megascolides Australis?

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

3. What is remarkable about the stromatolites?

4. Lang Hancock once claimed that his land had more ______________ than the U.S. and Canada combined.

5. Where did Bryson fly into first on his next trip to Australia?

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