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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 water sport did Bryson attempt but could not maintain?
(a) Surfing.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Boogie boarding.
(d) Snorkeling.
2. How many Aborigines were living on the continent by the time the Europeans arrived to colonize Australia?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 25,000 - 50,000.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 300,000 - 1 million.
3. In what type of country does the city of Daintree sit?
(a) Desert.
(b) Metropolitan.
(c) Tropical forest.
(d) Plains.
4. What did Bryson find so amazing about the town of Alice Springs?
(a) There is not one gas station in the whole town.
(b) Everyone in the town is under the age of 50.
(c) It has kept all its original buildings since the 1800s.
(d) It has shopping centers and international hotels in the middle of nowhere.
5. Bryson is typical in his amazement of ________________ in Australia.
(a) Fishing.
(b) Species migration.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Education.
Short Answer Questions
1. Unfortunately, what was not uncommon throughout Australia's history?
2. What animal does an echidna resemble?
3. The boulders at Devil's Marbles measure _________________ feet across.
4. What was the Myall Creek incident?
5. What is notable about the Megascolides Australis?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the miserable time that Bryson and Sherwin had in the city of Darwin.
2. How did Bryson wistfully end this book?
3. Describe Bryson and Sherwin's adventure at the Great Barrier Reef.
4. What did Bryson find so fascinating about the stromatolites at Sharks Bay?
5. What information did Bryson provide about how Australia came to be populated?
6. Other than dangerous animals, what is an ever-constant threat to Australia's environment?
7. What rock formation fascinated both Bryson and Sherwin?
8. Bryson visited Glenrowan and learned about which famous outlaw?
9. What did Bryson learn from a journalist about the Myall Creek incident and how it is not even noted by most people?
10. What famous tree did Bryson and Sherwin see in the town of Daly Waters?
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