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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is footy?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Australian Rules football.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Soccer.

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

3. At the Natural History Museum Bryson joined some young boys in ogling _______________ behind glass.
(a) monkeys.
(b) sharks.
(c) koala bears.
(d) lethal snakes.

4. What is Trevor Ray Hart's profession?
(a) Naturalist.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Botanist.
(d) Zoologist.

5. For what did Bryson look when stopping for the night in the desert town of Hay?
(a) Aborigines.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) Koala bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Bill Bryson been to Australia in the past?

2. Residents of the city of Adelaide quite frequently mentioned the city's __________.

3. What is the name of the highway Bryson drove eastward along the coast to Melbourne?

4. How many cats were said to be roaming Australia at the time Bryson wrote this book?

5. How much press coverage does Australia get in Western media?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why the 1950s saw a boom in Australia's population.

2. How did Bryson blend history and current interest in this book?

3. To what city had Melbourne lost ranking and commercial success?

4. How did Bryson and Hart travel through the desert and what historical thoughts did Bryson provide the reader during this time?

5. What self deprecating behavior of Adelaide residents bothered Bryson?

6. What particularly fascinated Bryson about the train ride across the desert?

7. Describe Bryson's trip east from Adelaide to Melbourne.

8. On what did Bryson tend to focus on while walking through Sydney and Canberra?

9. What did Bryson claim to have done that few Australians have ever done?

10. How did Bryson find Adelaide to be in spite of what the locals said about it?

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