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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Coorain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Conway was born, how did her mother reduce her workload?
(a) She just stopped doing the housework.
(b) She had her sons do the housework.
(c) She hired a team of maids and cooks.
(d) She had her husband do some work each day.

2. How does ground water affect the vegetation of the Western Plains of New South Wales?
(a) It brings pests to the trees.
(b) It often brings water plants onto the land.
(c) It determines the size of the brush.
(d) It can kill off the native plants.

3. In "Coorain," what does Conway remember about life at home with her mother and brothers?
(a) Chasing sheep and going to school.
(b) Chores and singing.
(c) Cooking and playing.
(d) Reading and sewing.

4. Why did the number of men in Australia outnumber the women, in "The West"?
(a) Because the women were often sick.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Because more men settled there.
(d) Because it was a penal colony.

5. What does Coorain mean in the aboriginal language?
(a) Peaceful times.
(b) Flat land.
(c) Windy place.
(d) Rich soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Conway's mother avoid the Catholic church?

2. After serving as a solider, why couldn't Conway's father get land?

3. How did settling land affect the price when the whites first came to New South Wales?

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

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

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