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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the modern-day manifestation of the Australian male?
(a) Biased, brutal and boring.
(b) Mannerly, adventuresome and handsome.
(c) Easygoing, educated and fun.
(d) Charming, sober and effeminate.

2. What was the only type of job the Aborigine child was likely to get upon finishing school?
(a) Itinerant station work.
(b) Owning a business.
(c) Corporation work.
(d) Teaching.

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

4. What do camels' feces resemble?
(a) Mud.
(b) Neat round little pebbles.
(c) Long worms.
(d) Large mounds of rocks.

5. What did the blue smoke seen by Robyn through the gum leaves indicate?
(a) A church.
(b) The local bar.
(c) Aboriginal camps.
(d) A camel herd.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Robyn's pure, uncomplicated confidence last, telling her that she had done something correct for a change?

2. Whose needs did Kurt believe must come first?

3. What was Robyn's first impression of Alice?

4. What unexpected thing did Sallay discover about Zeleika?

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

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