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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What about Ceylon made Conway resent the British?
(a) The language.
(b) The wealth.
(c) The poverty.
(d) The crime.
2. How did Bob die?
(a) A train accident.
(b) A car accident.
(c) An illness.
(d) Drowning.
3. How did Mrs. Ker help her family avoid feeling sad at Christmas following Bob's death?
(a) She didn't put up a tree.
(b) She started going to church.
(c) She took them on a cruise.
(d) She served them alcohol.
4. In "The Nardoo Stones," why did Conway feel like she couldn't disagree with her mother?
(a) She felt like they were becoming friends.
(b) Mrs. Ker stopped talking.
(c) She didn't want to argue at all.
(d) She didn't want to make her sick.
5. What did most of the girls at Abbotsleigh desire?
(a) To move to the United States.
(b) To be society women.
(c) To marry someone rich.
(d) To work the same jobs as men.
6. What history did Conway learn at Abbotsleigh?
(a) French history.
(b) English history.
(c) Australian history.
(d) American history.
7. How did realizing the professional barriers facing women change Conway's opinion of her mother?
(a) She pitied her more.
(b) She disliked her philosophy.
(c) Her opinion stayed the same.
(d) She understood her better.
8. What buildings did Conway want to see, in "Recharting the Globe"?
(a) The ones in her favorite novel.
(b) The ones her mother preferred.
(c) The newest ones in the European style.
(d) The ones she learned about.
9. How did Conway's mother feel about her relationship with Peter?
(a) She supported it.
(b) She hated it.
(c) She loved it.
(d) She forced it.
10. In "Recharting the Globe," how long did Conway and her mother stay in England?
(a) Six days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Nearly a year.
11. In "The Nardoo Stones," what made Conway consider religion?
(a) A painting of the Virgin Mary.
(b) Christian poetry.
(c) Attending class in a chapel.
(d) Speaking with her mother.
12. Why did Conway feel frustrated with Australian historians?
(a) Because they focused on Western history.
(b) Because they focused on modern history.
(c) Because they focused on the elite.
(d) Because they ignored the influence of farmers.
13. After visiting England, how did Conway describe English culture?
(a) Alien.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Painful.
14. How did Conway describe her first months in Sydney?
(a) Pleasurable.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Stressful.
15. At Abbotsleigh, what was Conway trained to believe about herself?
(a) That she was meant to be someone's husband.
(b) That she knew more than her mother.
(c) That she was a leader.
(d) That she should always be respectful.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Finding the Southern Cross," what did Conway stop doing after Bob's death?
2. What did Conway consider doing after graduating from Abbotsleigh?
3. Why did Mrs. Ker send Barry back to Coorain, in "Finding the Southern Cross"?
4. Why did Conway begin drinking too much, in "The Nardoo Stones"?
5. Why did Conway desire to know the history of the brush?
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