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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. How much money did Robyn receive from National Geographic?
(a) Forty dollars.
(b) Four thousand dollars.
(c) Forty thousand dollars.
(d) Four hundred dollars.

2. How did Kurt refer to the tourists?
(a) The town friends.
(b) The bloody idiots.
(c) The good people.
(d) The terrorists.

3. Who gave Robyn emotional support at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Gladdy.
(c) Iris.
(d) Jen.

4. Why did Robyn find it impossible to get more work in town in order to make money?
(a) She had cut her foot open on glass.
(b) Only men were given jobs.
(c) The economy was slow.
(d) The camels took up too much time.

5. What insect lived in the Basso's Farm home that Robyn detested the most?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Leeches.
(d) Fire ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with Kate in Chapter 3?

2. What made Robyn decide that the second person she visited was not the right person to learn from?

3. What was the name of Sallay's wife?

4. What point of view does the author use?

5. What was the "dog window" in some Northern Territory bars?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Robyn met Rick. What stood out about Rick in Robyn's memory?

2. What incident led Robyn to quit her job at the pub?

3. When Bub got a piece of glass through his foot, how did Robyn manage to get help for him when her usual vets were not around?

4. How did Sallay become Robyn's camel-guru and savior in Chapter 2?

5. What led Robyn to nearly jump over the bar and prevent a policeman from beating someone?

6. Why do camels hate to be on their own?

7. What kind of trouble did Robyn have with the camel, Kate?

8. What gave Robyn second thoughts about how easy her project would actually be?

9. When a man sat beside Robyn on her train to Alice Springs, what was his attitude toward her?

10. How did Robyn describe Utopia?

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