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

2. At one time how may Allied troops were in holding in Alice Springs?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 27,000.
(d) 50,000.

3. To which national park did the Howes take Bryson?
(a) Alpine National Park.
(b) Cheviot National Park.
(c) Royal National Park.
(d) Outback National Park.

4. In what part of America did Bryson live at the time he visited Australia?
(a) New England.
(b) California.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Southwest.

5. What natural wonder did Bryson and Sherwin stop to see in North Queensland?
(a) Great Barrier Reef.
(b) Mount Augustus.
(c) Grand Canyon.
(d) Heard Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the ranger that escorted the Howes and Bryson through the park?

2. What is remarkable about the stromatolites?

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

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

5. Lang Hancock once claimed that his land had more ______________ than the U.S. and Canada combined.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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