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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 did Conway's father receive land in the Western Division?
(a) From his grandfather.
(b) From his former boss.
(c) From investing his savings.
(d) From being a soldier.

2. Why did the Kers send Barry to King's School?
(a) To find a job there.
(b) To learn business.
(c) To watch his brother.
(d) To free him from the country.

3. How does ground water affect the vegetation of the Western Plains of New South Wales?
(a) It determines the size of the brush.
(b) It often brings water plants onto the land.
(c) It brings pests to the trees.
(d) It can kill off the native plants.

4. What caused Conway's father to question Catholicism?
(a) His parents' opinions.
(b) World War I.
(c) Marrying Conway's mother.
(d) Working a farm.

5. By 1914, what happened to most of the farms in Australia?
(a) They were sold to the Americans.
(b) They were privatized.
(c) They had doubled in size.
(d) They were broken up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Bob McLennan's work at Coorain, in "Childhood"?

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

3. How did settling land affect the price when the whites first came to New South Wales?

4. Why did Mr. Ker hire Bob McLennan?

5. In "Childhood," what role did Conway take on the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Ker learn when she visited a doctor, in "Coorain"?

3. Before the white settles came to New South Wales, what other people were there?

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

5. What did Mrs. Ker do after Jill was born, in "Coorain"?

6. In "The West," what was the effect of the settlers Conway described?

7. How did Conway's parents feel before moving to Coorain?

8. What was Conway's relationship with her brothers like when she was a chilld?

9. In "The West," what did Conway say about the women of Australia?

10. What happened to Coorain after Mr. Ker's death?

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