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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Conway have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. How did Conway and her mother travel to Sydney, in "Drought"?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) By plane.
(d) By car.

3. In "Coorain," what excited Conway's father about the land in the Western Division?
(a) Hiring people to work for him.
(b) The chance to start over.
(c) Being so far away from civilization.
(d) Getting to raise his own livestock.

4. In "Drought," what did Bob say about religion?
(a) That he left his church.
(b) That he doubted it.
(c) That he refused to read the Bible.
(d) That he wanted to convert.

5. In "The West," how many acres did the settlers end up with?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 850,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Childhood," what did Conway do at night with her mother?

2. In "Childhood," what did Conway say she was sure of, regarding her parents?

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

4. In "Childhood," how did Conway describe her mother's organizational skills?

5. Why did Conway's mother avoid the Catholic church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Kers do after they began to make money from the land at Coorain?

2. In "The West," why did the settlers choose to ranch sheep?

3. In "Drought," how did World War II affect Australia?

4. How did the silence at Coorain affect the Kers?

5. Before moving to Coorain, what did Conway's father do?

6. How did Mrs. Ker's involvement with the Red Cross change her?

7. During World War II, what changed regarding the farm workers at Coorain?

8. How did the dust storms of the 1940s affect Coorain?

9. In "The West," what things did Conway say made Australians proud?

10. How did the convicts of Australia form the social environment prior to white settlers?

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