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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the Aborigines referred to by the girl Robyn shared a tent with?
(a) The apes.
(b) Blacks.
(c) The boongs.
(d) Natives.

2. When did Zelly decide to give birth?
(a) While Robyn was exhausted.
(b) While Robyn was away on holiday.
(c) At the end of her journey.
(d) In the middle of the night.

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

4. What was the most economically successful and well-organized camp in town?
(a) Camp Dora.
(b) Camp Cook.
(c) Mt. Nancy.
(d) Todd Camp.

5. How did the local folklore claim to make people fall in love with the Alice?
(a) Seeing the Todd River flow three times.
(b) Purchasing a boomerang.
(c) Seeing the range for the first time.
(d) Stepping into Alice Springs.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the beginning of Chapter 4, what did Robyn believe Kurt had the capacity to do?

2. Where did Ada Baxter live?

3. What did someone give to Robyn just before she headed out to find her lost camels in Chapter 5?

4. What did Robyn have to throw into Kate's neck, as ordered by the vet?

5. Who came into the pub to try and talk Robyn into coming back to him?

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