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

2. Bryson and Sherwin took a ferry to __________________.
(a) the Sydney Opera House.
(b) Coral See Islands.
(c) the Great Barrier Reef.
(d) the Australian Desert.

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

4. What kinds of trees did Bryson explore in the forests southwest of Perth?
(a) Kiki and Jarrah.
(b) Karri and Jamal.
(c) Karri and Jarrah.
(d) Karri and Kookaburra.

5. Unfortunately, what was not uncommon throughout Australia's history?
(a) Slaughter of white missionaries.
(b) Brutal animal attacks on settlers.
(c) Mass killings of Aborigines.
(d) Killings of female children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the projected population of Aborigines at the time Bryson wrote this book?

2. What is the only large city on Australia's west coast?

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

4. What was the name of the seventeen-foot crocodile Bryson and Sherwin saw in a museum in Darwin?

5. What did Bryson agree to while having a bit too much to drink at a pub in Daly Waters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Bryson visited Glenrowan and learned about which famous outlaw?

2. Describe Bryson and Sherwin's adventure at the Great Barrier Reef.

3. Who joined Bryson for his next trip to Australia and how does their adventure begin?

4. What was unique about the worms Bryson saw in a small museum?

5. How did Bryson and Sherwin spend their time while waiting out the monsoon in Cairns?

6. What commitment did Bryson make to a foreigner while drunk at a pub in Daly Waters.

7. What did Bryson note as the reason for the high amount of unique flora and fauna in Australia?

8. What is the tragedy of the Aborigine children that Bryson related in his book?

9. What rock formation fascinated both Bryson and Sherwin?

10. What information did Bryson provide about how Australia came to be populated?

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