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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Right Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Obecue build for the Kers?
(a) A water aquafier.
(b) A barn.
(c) A shearing shed.
(d) An addition on their house.

2. When did the terrible drought in "Drought" begin?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1951.

3. What caused Conway's father to question Catholicism?
(a) His parents' opinions.
(b) Working a farm.
(c) World War I.
(d) Marrying Conway's mother.

4. How did Conway feel about school work at Queenwood?
(a) She couldn't understand any of it.
(b) She felt it was easy.
(c) She struggled with it.
(d) She didn't have any school work.

5. Why did Mrs. Ker have to find a job in Sydney?
(a) Because Coorain burned.
(b) Because her rent went up.
(c) Because of the drought.
(d) Because life in the city was expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the time before World War II, how did the Kers feel about the political events of the world?

2. How did Conway and her mother travel to Sydney, in "Drought"?

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

4. What did Mrs. Ker do before leaving Coorain for Sydney?

5. Why didn't Conway fit in at public school?

(see the answer key)

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