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

2. Who is the local journalist who told Bryson about the Myall Creek incident?
(a) Paulette Smith.
(b) Pamela Hall.
(c) Patricia Smith.
(d) Paula Jones.

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

4. In what year did the Myall Creek incident occur?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1945.

5. What is the name of the site where Bryson and Sherwin stopped to see giant boulders?
(a) Rocks of the Gods.
(b) Big Rocks.
(c) Devils Marbles.
(d) Bedrock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true of the Myall Creek incident?

2. According to Bryson, Perth has the best _________________ in Australia.

3. For what is Red Bluff Beach famous?

4. Where was Kingsford Smith later recovered?

5. What color predominates in the desert Bryson and Sherwin passed through on the way to Alice Spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bryson report about the indiscriminate murder of Aborigines and the Myall Creek incident in particular?

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

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

4. Other than dangerous animals, what is an ever-constant threat to Australia's environment?

5. Describe the miserable time that Bryson and Sherwin had in the city of Darwin.

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

7. What rock formation fascinated both Bryson and Sherwin?

8. What did Bryson at first find so bizarre about the town of Alice Springs?

9. What is the story of the plane called Kookaburra and its role in the search for aviation legend Charles Kingsford Smith?

10. What did Bryson find so fascinating about the stromatolites at Sharks Bay?

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