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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Finding the Southern Cross.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Conway during the great rain described, in "Childhood"?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

3. How did Conway feel about school work at Queenwood?
(a) She couldn't understand any of it.
(b) She felt it was easy.
(c) She didn't have any school work.
(d) She struggled with it.

4. While at Coorain, what did Conway's father do at night?
(a) Worked on his records.
(b) Cleaned the house.
(c) Read.
(d) Wrote.

5. What about Ceylon made Conway resent the British?
(a) The wealth.
(b) The crime.
(c) The language.
(d) The poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take for the Kers to earn money from their sheep in Coorain?

2. Why did Mrs. Ker have to find a job in Sydney?

3. Why did Conway's mother dislike the farm in the Western Division in "Coorain"?

4. What is remarkable about most of the birds that live in the Western Plains of New South Wales?

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

(see the answer key)

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