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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. What was missing from the curriculum of Abbotsleigh?

2. In "Schooling," what type of music did Bob play?

3. Why did Conway desire to know the history of the brush?

4. After moving to Sydney, how did Mrs. Ker feel?

5. What did most of the girls at Abbotsleigh desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Finding the Southern Cross," how did Mrs. Ker react to Bob's death?

2. How did reading Marx affect Conway?

3. Even after attending schools near Sydney, why didn't Conway fit in with her peers?

4. In "Schooling," what did Conway learn about herself?

5. What happened when Barry returned to Coorain, in "Finding the Southern Cross"?

6. How did Conway feel about England after visiting it?

7. In "Finding the Southern Cross," what was life like at Abbotsleigh for Conway?

8. What interested Conway most about her work at the medical office?

9. What were the first few months in Sydney like for Conway and her mother?

10. How did Conway feel about her mother's psychic research group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the titles of the chapters in this book. What do they symbolize? Foreshadow? What made the titles effective or ineffective?

Essay Topic 2

How was Conway herself colonized? How did she compare this to Australia?

Essay Topic 3

How did Conway redefine family in her autobiography?

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