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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Robyn decide that the second person she visited was not the right person to learn from?
(a) He was mean and cursed at her.
(b) His wife was difficult.
(c) He was too easygoing.
(d) His animals were fighting.

2. What did Robyn consider taking money from National Geographic to be?
(a) Newfound freedom.
(b) The best luck she ever had.
(c) Ingenious.
(d) A sell-out.

3. What did Ada do to a boyfriend who was emptying a can of petrol into the dust?
(a) Struck him with an axe.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Wrapped him in a blanket.
(d) Threw a bottle tequila at him.

4. Which was one of the most successful Aboriginal communities in the territory?
(a) Basso's Farm.
(b) The Nelly.
(c) Utopia.
(d) The Alice.

5. Where did Ada Baxter live?
(a) In Kurt's stable.
(b) At the campgrounds.
(c) At the back of Basso's Farm.
(d) The room at the pub.

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

7. What was there in the Alice that sounded just like a camel bell, often fooling Robyn?
(a) The car horns.
(b) A wedge-bill bird.
(c) A railroad train.
(d) A humming bird.

8. What did camels wear in order for their owners to keep track of their whereabouts?
(a) Ankle bracelets.
(b) Bells.
(c) Microchips.
(d) Collars.

9. What is a camel's kicking radius?
(a) Six feet.
(b) Three feet.
(c) Six inches.
(d) Eight feet.

10. Who drove Robyn out to meet Sallay Mahomet?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An animal trainer.
(c) A tourist guide.
(d) A geologist.

11. 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.

12. Who provided Robyn with a tent to live in so she could have more privacy?
(a) Gladdy.
(b) The tenants of Basso's Farm.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Kurt.

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

14. How did the range affect the people of Alice?
(a) It irritated most of them.
(b) It made them feel very important.
(c) It sent them troppo.
(d) It made them hungry.

15. What did Robyn find to be the most excruciating thing to cope with, both before and after her trip?
(a) Learning to make and fix things.
(b) The people.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Training camels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the Aborigines referred to by the girl Robyn shared a tent with?

2. Whose needs did Kurt believe must come first?

3. What did Robyn suffer from during her dress rehearsal and pre-meeting with the Americans in Chapter 5?

4. What did Frankie and Clivie do to Robyn?

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

(see the answer keys)

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