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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Drought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mr. Ker hire Bob McLennan?
(a) Because he could work without using gas.
(b) Because he was a family friend.
(c) He didn't hire Bob; Bob volunteered.
(d) Because he was a cheap worker.

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

3. Why did the people of Australia not believe in religion?
(a) Because they were segregated from it.
(b) Because they felt God had failed them.
(c) Because the world was hostile.
(d) Because they had belief in science.

4. Why did Mr. Ker tell his daughter to sell Coorain after he died?
(a) So she wouldn't carry debt.
(b) Because it was his and no one else's.
(c) Because she wasn't strong enough to run the farm.
(d) So she could make something of herself.

5. In "Drought," what did Bob say about religion?
(a) That he doubted it.
(b) That he left his church.
(c) That he wanted to convert.
(d) That he refused to read the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were Mrs. Ker's finances affected after Mr. Ker's death?

3. In "Drought," why couldn't the sheep at Coorain be sheered?

4. As a child, how did Conway describe Bob?

5. Why did the number of men in Australia outnumber the women, in "The West"?

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