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

2. In "The West," when did Conway say Australia had one of the highest per capita incomes in the world?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

3. How did Ceylon enlighten Conway's religious education?
(a) She learned about Buddah.
(b) She met a group of Jewish children.
(c) She saw a mosque.
(d) She read the Bible.

4. What does Coorain mean in the aboriginal language?
(a) Flat land.
(b) Peaceful times.
(c) Windy place.
(d) Rich soil.

5. How did Conway feel when she first attended Queenwood School?
(a) In trouble.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Conway like about seeing her mother at fundraisers in "Childhood"?

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

3. What happened to cause Australia to break loyalty with England during World War II?

4. How old did Conway say she was before she met another female child?

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

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