View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Recharting the Globe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to cause Australia to break loyalty with England during World War II?
(a) They stopped buying English products.
(b) They declared their independence.
(c) They refused to sent their military to help England.
(d) They asked the United States for help.

2. What is the main geographic feature of the Western Plains of New South Wales?
(a) Tundra.
(b) Forests.
(c) Lakes.
(d) Grasslands.

3. Why did Mrs. Ker buy a house in Pennant Hills?
(a) Because money from Coorain picked up again.
(b) Because it was left to her from an aunt.
(c) Because the housing market was in a slump.
(d) Because she received a benefit check from her husband's estate.

4. Why didn't Conway like her mother's psychic group?
(a) She was forced to attend the meetings.
(b) She disliked the other people.
(c) She was skeptical.
(d) She was frightened.

5. When did Conway decide to focus on history at college?
(a) Her second year.
(b) Her fourth year.
(c) Her first year.
(d) Her third year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Conway worked with her father in "Childhood," what things did she ask him?

3. In "The West," what did Conway say planned enterprises did for the settlers?

4. In "Childhood," how did Mrs. Ker treat her children equally?

5. In "Finding the Southern Cross," how did the Ker's wool business do?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 314 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample