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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Ker help the Red Cross?
(a) To get out of the house.
(b) Because they helped her.
(c) Because Conway wanted to get involved.
(d) To help the war effort.

2. Why did the number of men in Australia outnumber the women, in "The West"?
(a) Because more men settled there.
(b) Because the women were often sick.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Because it was a penal colony.

3. In "Drought," what made the Kers decide to go into debt?
(a) Conway needed medical attention.
(b) They lost half their sheep.
(c) Bob wanted to go to a university.
(d) A storm damaged their house.

4. Why did Bob go to Sydney in 1940?
(a) To take a long vacation.
(b) To study medicine.
(c) For work.
(d) For boarding school.

5. In "The West," why did Conway say Australian woman had to be good with water?
(a) Because there wasn't enough water.
(b) Because it was the main source of money.
(c) Because the women had to be clean.
(d) Because Australians were big boaters.

6. In "The West," what type of woman was described as being the ideal Australian?
(a) A poet.
(b) A manager.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A domestic queen.

7. 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.

8. Who was the oldest of the Conway children?
(a) Jill.
(b) Robert.
(c) Barry.
(d) Mark.

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

10. Why did Mr. Ker hire Bob McLennan?
(a) He didn't hire Bob; Bob volunteered.
(b) Because he could work without using gas.
(c) Because he was a cheap worker.
(d) Because he was a family friend.

11. What is remarkable about most of the birds that live in the Western Plains of New South Wales?
(a) They can not fly.
(b) They are all minature.
(c) They do not sing.
(d) They follow people around.

12. When did the terrible drought in "Drought" begin?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1951.

13. In "Childhood," what did Conway say her early years may have looked like?
(a) Stressful.
(b) Hard-working.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Uneducated.

14. In "Childhood," what did Conway do at night with her mother?
(a) Clean.
(b) Write poetry.
(c) Read.
(d) Sew.

15. In "The West," how did Conway describe the virtues of Australia?
(a) Loose.
(b) Firm.
(c) Stoic.
(d) Troubled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Conway's mother feel while in Sydney, in "Coorain"?

3. What does Coorain mean in the aboriginal language?

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

5. What happened to Mr. Ker during the first dust storm?

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