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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. When did Australia establish rules of citizenship for people born in Australia?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1870s.

2. What did not let Bryson alone during his walk on Cheviot Beach?
(a) Tourists.
(b) Flies.
(c) Reporters.
(d) Mosquitoes.

3. What museum did Carmel take Bryson to visit?
(a) Natural History Museum.
(b) Maritime Museum.
(c) Aviation Museum.
(d) Immigration Museum.

4. What has Bryson not seen yet in Australia?
(a) Koala bears.
(b) The "real" Australia.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) Aborigines.

5. Where did Bryson enjoy riding in the train?
(a) The caboose.
(b) The sleeping berth.
(c) The locomotive.
(d) The dining car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the nineteenth-century man who unleashed animals to hunt?

3. What creature terrified Bryson in Australia?

4. What was Bryson's starting location?

5. Why did Bryson visit Melbourne the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what is Sydney's Circular Quay most famous?

2. What fun did Bryson have with the world's biggest lobster?

3. What national tragedy and embarrassment occurred at Cheviot Beach in 1967?

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

5. Describe Bryson's trek through desolate land from Canberra to Adelaide.

6. Who was James Cook and when did he set foot in Australia?

7. After Thomas Austin's rabbit debacle, what immigrant animal is Australia's worst menace?

8. What is the nature and tone of Bryson's writing about his experiences in Australia?

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

10. How did Canberra come to be the capital of Australia?

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