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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 settling land affect the price when the whites first came to New South Wales?

2. In "Coorain," what excited Conway's father about the land in the Western Division?

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

4. What caused Conway's father to question Catholicism?

5. What did Conway say the people of the pasture did for money, in "The West"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The West," how were the Western Plains described?

2. How were the Ker children educated?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Conway and her mother feel about leaving Coorain after Mr. Ker's death?

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

Examine the significance of class/social structures and hierarchies in this book.

Essay Topic 2

How did Conway pace her autobiography to create a plot structure that included rising action, climax, and falling action?

Essay Topic 3

What did Conway mean by the "world of ideas"? How did this world influence the development of this autobiography?

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