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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Conway and her mother travel to Sydney, in "Drought"?

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

3. Why did Conway's family collect water at Coorain?

4. After Conway was born, how did her mother reduce her workload?

5. Why did the Ker land venture get off to a bad start?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Conway's mother leave her parents' home before she was married?

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

3. How did the country boys act in boarding school?

4. At the end of "Childhood," what did Conway admit about her childhood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was gender defined in "The Road from Coorain"? What role does gender play?

Essay Topic 2

What role did drug and alcohol abuse play in Conway's autobiography?

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Conway incorporates external, world history events in her book.

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