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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Right Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of dogs live in the Western Plains of New South Wales?
(a) Show dogs.
(b) Herding dogs.
(c) Wild dogs.
(d) No dogs live there.

2. What did Obecue build for the Kers?
(a) An addition on their house.
(b) A barn.
(c) A water aquafier.
(d) A shearing shed.

3. In "Schooling," where did Conway and her mother live?
(a) In a hotel in Sydney.
(b) In a room above a garage.
(c) In an upstairs apartment by the ocean.
(d) In a farmhouse in the suburbs.

4. What did most of the girls at Abbotsleigh desire?
(a) To be society women.
(b) To move to the United States.
(c) To work the same jobs as men.
(d) To marry someone rich.

5. According to Conway, what did the "real men" do in Australia?
(a) Moved away.
(b) Worked hard.
(c) Raised children.
(d) Built cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of their trip, in "Recharting the Globe," what did Conway tell her mother?

2. At the end of "The Right Country," what did Conway wonder about her death?

3. How did Ceylon enlighten Conway's religious education?

4. In "The Nardoo Stones," what career did Barry choose?

5. How did Conway describe her time in Catalonia?

(see the answer key)

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