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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened when Mr. Ker left Coorain in "Drought"?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He moved to the city.
(c) He was robbed.
(d) He sold his car.

3. 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 privatized.
(d) They were broken up.

4. While at Coorain, what did Conway's father do at night?
(a) Read.
(b) Cleaned the house.
(c) Wrote.
(d) Worked on his records.

5. What happened to Mr. Ker during the first dust storm?
(a) He inhaled dust.
(b) He left the house for a week.
(c) He had nightmares.
(d) He yelled at the neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Coorain," why didn't Conway's mother have a hysterectomy?

2. How did Conway's mother feel while in Sydney, in "Coorain"?

3. Why did Conway say it was difficult for Australians to raise cattle?

4. In "Coorain," what does Conway remember about life at home with her mother and brothers?

5. What happened to cause Australia to break loyalty with England during World War II?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the dust storms of the 1940s affect Coorain?

2. How did Conway and her mother feel about leaving Coorain after Mr. Ker's death?

3. Why were Conway's parents married in a protestant service?

4. Why did Conway's mother leave her parents' home before she was married?

5. What was Conway's relationship with her brothers like when she was a chilld?

6. How did the silence at Coorain affect the Kers?

7. In "The West," why did the settlers choose to ranch sheep?

8. What did the Kers do after they began to make money from the land at Coorain?

9. At the end of "Childhood," what did Conway admit about her childhood.

10. In "The West," what did Conway say about the women of Australia?

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