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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 Mrs. Ker help her family avoid feeling sad at Christmas following Bob's death?

2. In "Finding the Southern Cross," how long did Barry stay at Coorain?

3. What did Toni say her goal at school was?

4. At Abbotsleigh, what was Conway trained to believe about herself?

5. What buildings did Conway want to see, in "Recharting the Globe"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Conway's relationship with Peter like?

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

3. What interested Conway most about Ceylon?

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

5. What happened when Conway began drinking, in "The Nardoo Stones"?

6. What upset Mrs. Ker about the end of her vacation, in "Recharting the Globe"?

7. What did the Kers do for Christmas, in "Finding the Southern Cross"?

8. How did reading Marx affect Conway?

9. How did Mrs. Ker feel about her European vacation in, "Recharting the Globe"?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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