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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres did the first generation of settlers settle in New South Wales?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 200,000.

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

3. When Conway worked with her father in "Childhood," what things did she ask him?
(a) Questions about the world.
(b) Questions about his childhood.
(c) Questions about her mother.
(d) Questions about the war.

4. In "The West," how long ago did Conway say white settlers came?
(a) 100 years ago.
(b) 180 years ago.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) 130 years ago.

5. In "The West," why did Conway say Australians kept a working class style?
(a) Because it frightened visitors.
(b) Australians didn't keep a working class style.
(c) Because it was all they could afford.
(d) Because few lived in cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The West," how many acres did the settlers end up with?

2. Why did the Kers travel to Sydney, in "Coorain"?

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

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

5. Why did the Kers send Barry to King's School?

(see the answer key)

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