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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did nearly everyone warn Robyn about?
(a) Working with camels.
(b) Getting to know any blacks.
(c) Camping with the Aborigines.
(d) Staying with local people.

2. What happened to destroy Robyn's tent, forcing her back into Kurt's home?
(a) A hailstorm.
(b) Strong lightning.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A hurricane.

3. What was Robyn's goal in Alice?
(a) To work for a summer in the desert.
(b) To procure and train wild camels.
(c) To travel Australia by rail.
(d) To write a book about camel taming.

4. Whose needs did Kurt believe must come first?
(a) Gladdy's.
(b) Robyn's.
(c) The camels'.
(d) Kurt's.

5. What did Robyn have with her when she first arrived in Alice?
(a) Two dogs, six dollars and a large suitcase.
(b) Sixty dollars, a cat and a tote bag.
(c) A dog, six dollars and two suitcases.
(d) A dog, six dollars and a small suitcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the modern-day manifestation of the Australian male?

2. What did the blue smoke seen by Robyn through the gum leaves indicate?

3. What type of land surrounds Alice?

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

5. What did Robyn write home, as a joke, to indicate what types of animals she was training?

(see the answer key)

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