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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Robyn to sit on the riverbank and weep for 30 minutes in Chapter 4?
(a) Dookie tried to kill her again.
(b) She was lost in the desert.
(c) Zelly had her baby camel.
(d) Bub's foot was cut badly.

2. When Robyn and the photographer, Rick, went their separate ways in Chapter 5, where did they arrange to meet again on Robyn's trail?
(a) Alice Springs.
(b) Docker River.
(c) Ayers Rock.
(d) Wallera Ranch.

3. What did Robyn own in order to keep herself protected, as a woman who lived alone?
(a) Sharp knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) Attack dogs.
(d) A wedding ring.

4. What did a visiting politico accuse Robyn of being?
(a) A conservative party member.
(b) A communist.
(c) Too liberal.
(d) A bourgeois individualist.

5. Where did Robyn arrange to meet up with Jenny and Toly in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallera Ranch.
(b) Redbank Gorge.
(c) Alice Springs.
(d) Docker River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the local folklore claim to make people fall in love with the Alice?

3. What did Robyn tell Gladdy her feelings were about the town so far?

4. What is a camel's kicking radius?

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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