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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. What part of Zeleika's body became infected in Chapter 3?

2. What was the name of Robyn's dog?

3. Who provided Robyn with a tent to live in so she could have more privacy?

4. What is a camel's only natural enemy?

5. Who did Dookie try to kill in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kurt's camel, Dookie, attack Robyn?

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

3. What myths about camels did Robyn destroy for the reader?

4. Why did Robyn suspect that the camels disappeared one day in Chapter 4?

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

6. What led Robyn to realize that she must work on her survival techniques in Chapter 5?

7. How did Robyn deal with the knowledge that the photojournalist, Rick, would be intruding upon her solitary journey?

8. In Chapter 4, how had Kurt become a large focus in Robyn's life?

9. Who was the first person who did not greet Robyn's ideas with patronizing disbelief?

10. How did the author explain her feelings towards having a home to herself at Basso's Farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After nearly going crazy in the desert in Chapter 8, a group of Aborigines returning to Wingelinna and Pipalyatjara after a land rights meeting approached Robyn's tent. Compare and contrast the two Aborigines who stood out for Robyn: the younger man who spoke some English and the older man, Mr. Eddie. What did each represent to her?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Robyn noted that pride comes before a fall. At this point in the book, what occurred in Robyn's life to indicate her pride and her fall?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Robyn's relationship with Eddie to that of her relationship with Rick.

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