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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the largest city in Australia?

2. What is the location where Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was lost in 1967?

3. What is the name of the railroad Bryson took to travel across the continent?

4. What had Bryson hoped to see in the South Australia Museum?

5. In what year was the Commonwealth of Australia formed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of people not knowing much about Australia?

2. After Thomas Austin's rabbit debacle, what immigrant animal is Australia's worst menace?

3. What was Bryson's former experience in Australia and what were his plans for this trip?

4. Describe Bryson's trip east from Adelaide to Melbourne.

5. How did Bryson find Adelaide to be in spite of what the locals said about it?

6. Who joined Bryson for the first leg of his journey and what was their first stop?

7. For what is Sydney's Circular Quay most famous?

8. What man was unwittingly responsible for the barren land surrounding the town of Hay?

9. What did Bryson claim to have done that few Australians have ever done?

10. To what city had Melbourne lost ranking and commercial success?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give some examples of humor in the book. Do you think Bryson appreciates slapstick humor or wit of a more sophisticated nature or both? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Create a "character" sketch of the city of Canberra. What personality shines through for you for this city? Did Bryson make you want to learn more and perhaps visit one day? What would you most like to see? What is the one fact or interesting feature that you can recall about Canberra? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Create a "character" sketch of the city of Perth. What personality shines through for you for this city? Did Bryson make you want to learn more and perhaps visit one day? What would you most like to see? What is the one fact or interesting feature that you can recall about Perth? Explain.

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