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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Coorain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Coorain," what excited Conway's father about the land in the Western Division?
(a) Getting to raise his own livestock.
(b) Being so far away from civilization.
(c) Hiring people to work for him.
(d) The chance to start over.

2. How many brothers did Conway have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. By 1914, what happened to most of the farms in Australia?
(a) They were broken up.
(b) They were sold to the Americans.
(c) They were privatized.
(d) They had doubled in size.

4. After Conway was born, how did her mother reduce her workload?
(a) She had her husband do some work each day.
(b) She had her sons do the housework.
(c) She hired a team of maids and cooks.
(d) She just stopped doing the housework.

5. In "The West," what did Conway say planned enterprises did for the settlers?
(a) Brought more women to the land.
(b) Sent some of them to jail.
(c) Ruined some of their finances.
(d) Made some of them rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Coorain," what did silence do to Conway's mother?

2. How does ground water affect the vegetation of the Western Plains of New South Wales?

3. In "The West," how long ago did Conway say white settlers came?

4. In "The West," why did Conway say Australian woman had to be good with water?

5. How did Conway's father receive land in the Western Division?

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