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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. In "Drought," what did Bob say about religion?

2. How does ground water affect the vegetation of the Western Plains of New South Wales?

3. In "Drought," how did Conway receive her education?

4. In "Coorain," what excited Conway's father about the land in the Western Division?

5. As a teenager, to which country did Conway's father feel loyal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the country boys act in boarding school?

2. How were the Ker children educated?

3. What did Mrs. Ker learn when she visited a doctor, in "Coorain"?

4. What happened to Mrs. Ker's health before the death of her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Before moving to Coorain, what did Conway's father do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast two turning points in Conway's childhood.

Essay Topic 2

How did Conway redefine family in her autobiography?

Essay Topic 3

How was Conway herself colonized? How did she compare this to Australia?

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