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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 did Bryson agree to while having a bit too much to drink at a pub in Daly Waters?
(a) A month-long house swap with a Korean couple.
(b) A new car for Sherwin.
(c) Free meals for Sherwin for a month.
(d) A naked dance on the beach at midnight.

2. What famous site did Bryson and Sherwin see in the town of Daly Waters?
(a) The Australian Desert.
(b) The Queensland Prairie.
(c) The Stuart Tree.
(d) The Great Barrier Reef.

3. Bryson took some time to walk around Alice Springs and saw Aborigines who were _________________.
(a) In a bad way.
(b) All of these.
(c) Bandaged.
(d) Bruised.

4. Where did Captain Cook first lay eyes on Australia?
(a) Cape Tribulation.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Cape Brittannia.
(d) Cape Heard.

5. Why did Bryson want to switch hotels?
(a) Their room looked out onto a K-mart.
(b) There was a disco downstairs.
(c) They couldn't get the air conditioning to work.
(d) They didn't like the early morning sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What desert habitat museum did Bryson visit?

2. In what type of country does the city of Daintree sit?

3. What is the Alice Springs School of Air?

4. What is notable about the Megascolides Australis?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Bryson and Sherwin seemed to enjoy each other's company on their trip.

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

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

5. How did Bryson wistfully end this book?

6. What rock formation fascinated both Bryson and Sherwin?

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

8. Describe the Devils Marbles.

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

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

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