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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Sallay's wife?
(a) Iris.
(b) Ida.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Gladdy.

3. What did Robyn write home, as a joke, to indicate what types of animals she was training?
(a) WIld camels.
(b) Feral dogs.
(c) Giant cockroaches.
(d) Pigeons.

4. Who came into the pub to try and talk Robyn into coming back to him?
(a) Sallay.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Gladdy.
(d) The young geologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Toly and Jenny build for Robyn behind Basso's?

2. What caused Robyn to sit on the riverbank and weep for 30 minutes in Chapter 4?

3. What did Robyn's pet crow, Akhnaton, do that became increasingly annoying to her?

4. What insect lived in the Basso's Farm home that Robyn detested the most?

5. What was there in the Alice that sounded just like a camel bell, often fooling Robyn?

(see the answer key)

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