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

2. The town of Glenrowan is most famous for the downfall of which outlaw?
(a) Al Capone.
(b) Ned Kelly.
(c) Butch Cassidy.
(d) John Dillinger.

3. Where did Bryson and Sherwin's ferry dock?
(a) Agincourt Reef.
(b) Smithson Reef.
(c) Seabreeze Reef.
(d) Coral Reef.

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

5. What color predominates in the desert Bryson and Sherwin passed through on the way to Alice Spring?
(a) Grey.
(b) Red.
(c) Tan.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous site did Bryson and Sherwin see in the town of Daly Waters?

2. In what part of America did Bryson live at the time he visited Australia?

3. At one time how may Allied troops were in holding in Alice Springs?

4. Howe told Bryson about the _________________ that are always a danger in Australia.

5. According to Bryson, Australia's interior is _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the reader tell that Uluru was Bryson's favorite site during his Australia trip?

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

3. How does the reader know that Bryson had a good time with his friends Alan Howe and Carmel Egan?

4. For what is Alice Springs best known?

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

6. What famous tree did Bryson and Sherwin see in the town of Daly Waters?

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

8. What is an echnida and how did Bryson encounter it?

9. How has the Aborigine population dwindled from the time Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?

10. What did Bryson learn from a journalist about the Myall Creek incident and how it is not even noted by most people?

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