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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Recharting the Globe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Conway decide after her first year at the University of Sydney?
(a) To transfer.
(b) To travel for a semester.
(c) To switch majors.
(d) To drop out.

2. In "Childhood," how did Mrs. Ker treat her children equally?
(a) They were all taught by the same teacher.
(b) They were all sent to bed at the same time.
(c) They all had the same chores.
(d) They weren't treated equally.

3. What did Toni say her goal at school was?
(a) To be the first female in her family to graduate.
(b) To pass her classes without going to lecture.
(c) To have an article published before she graduated.
(d) To meet and marry a professor.

4. Why did Conway desire to know the history of the brush?
(a) Because it was controversial.
(b) Because it was ignored.
(c) Because it reminded her of her father.
(d) She didn't want to know the history of the bush.

5. In "Drought," why couldn't the sheep at Coorain be sheered?
(a) Because the sheep were all missing or dead.
(b) Because the sheering equipment was broken.
(c) Because they were too weak.
(d) Because there weren't enough people to do it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Conway say the people of the pasture did for money, in "The West"?

2. Who did Mr. Ker talk to before leaving, in "Drought"?

3. What did studying history in college make Conway worry about?

4. How did Conway and her mother travel to Sydney, in "Drought"?

5. In "Finding the Southern Cross," how long did Barry stay at Coorain?

(see the answer key)

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