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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Robyn's dog?
(a) Scout.
(b) Roo.
(c) Doggy.
(d) Diggity.

2. Who waited very patiently and faithfully while Robyn searched for the three lost camels?
(a) Toly.
(b) Diggity.
(c) Julie.
(d) Jen.

3. What is a camel's only natural enemy?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Lions.
(d) Man.

4. Who did Dookie try to kill in Chapter 4?
(a) The new ranch owner.
(b) Sallay.
(c) Robyn.
(d) Kurt.

5. What did Kurt take a strange pleasure in watching Robyn do?
(a) Get callusses.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Get bitten by the camels.
(d) Eat.

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

7. How did Kurt refer to the tourists?
(a) The good people.
(b) The bloody idiots.
(c) The terrorists.
(d) The town friends.

8. What crime had someone been committing in Alice for the past twenty years, without detection?
(a) Laying traps for camels.
(b) Robbing homes.
(c) Poisoning dogs.
(d) Robbing banks.

9. What point of view does the author use?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Multiple points of view.
(d) Second person.

10. Who lived in Basso's Farm?
(a) Friends that Robyn made.
(b) Kurt's best friends.
(c) Desperadoes.
(d) Strangers to everyone.

11. Nancy was introduced in Chapter 2. Who was she?
(a) Sallay's wife.
(b) Robyn's best friend.
(c) Robyn's sister.
(d) Another camel trainer.

12. By the beginning of Chapter 4, what did Robyn believe Kurt had the capacity to do?
(a) Train camels.
(b) Be generous.
(c) Commit murder.
(d) Perform magic.

13. What did Robyn tell Gladdy her feelings were about the town so far?
(a) It was horrible.
(b) She could live there forever.
(c) It had too many drinking men.
(d) She loved it.

14. What did Robyn have to throw into Kate's neck, as ordered by the vet?
(a) A certain healing dust.
(b) A vaccine shot.
(c) A syringe with an antibiotic.
(d) An anesthetic-filled syringe.

15. What was Robyn's first impression of Alice?
(a) The lack of women.
(b) Its architectural ugliness.
(c) How deserted it was.
(d) The beauty of the homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn have with her when she first arrived in Alice?

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

3. What ultimately happened to Clivie in Chapter 3?

4. What made Robyn decide that the second person she visited was not the right person to learn from?

5. What did Robyn consider taking money from National Geographic to be?

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