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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Childhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Conway worked with her father in "Childhood," what things did she ask him?
(a) Questions about the war.
(b) Questions about her mother.
(c) Questions about the world.
(d) Questions about his childhood.

2. In "Childhood," what moral issues did Conway spend her time thinking about?
(a) Government taxes.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Killing.
(d) Education.

3. Why did Bob go to Sydney in 1940?
(a) For boarding school.
(b) To take a long vacation.
(c) To study medicine.
(d) For work.

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

5. What was Bob McLennan's main job at Coorain?
(a) To fix the water filter.
(b) To manage the other workers.
(c) To sell water.
(d) To find water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Kers send Barry to King's School?

2. Who became the political elite after the settlers landed in New South Wales?

3. In "Childhood," what did Conway say her early years may have looked like?

4. Why did the white settlers come to New South Wales?

5. When Conway's mother discovered she had uterine growths, why were the doctors concerned?

(see the answer key)

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