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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. Which camel was seemingly jealous of Rick's affection for Robyn?

2. What was the closest thing Robyn had to keeping a diary?

3. What was the closest thing to a Zen statement to come out of Australia concerning the baby camel, Goliath?

4. In Chapter 7, how was Robyn feeling about the trip during the two weeks she traveled to get to Ayers Rock?

5. How did Robyn learn to keep herself warm on the cold desert nights in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?

2. Why were sandals the best type of footwear for Robyn to wear in the desert?

3. Why wasn't Robyn looking forward to arriving at Ayers Rock?

4. What did Dookie do that Toly found hysterical in Chapter 11?

5. How did the press find out about Robyn's journey across the outback?

6. What combination of elements let Robyn's story get carried away by the media?

7. What happened in Chapter 12 when Zelly would not get into a truck?

8. When Eddie and Robyn were getting ready for their trip to Warburton, how did Eddie prepare?

9. Why did Robyn want to keep a fair distance covered, resting only one day a week?

10. In Robyn's letter to her friend, Steve, what did she intimate to him about her feelings toward this adventure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Robyn's motivations for wanting to travel across the desert with camels. Explain why it had become not merely a trip or adventure, but something far more to her.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of Chapter 4, there was this quote from "Speedboat" by Renata Adler:

"I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort."

Explain the meaning of this quote as it related to Robyn in Chapter 4.

Essay Topic 3

When Robyn showed her anger by blowing up at Kurt in Chapter 1, why did she realize she let all of this anger out at last? What weakness had Kurt touched upon?

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