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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the "dog window" in some Northern Territory bars?
(a) An entrance for customers' dogs.
(b) The cashier's payment window.
(c) The area in which women were served.
(d) A back window where liquor was sold to blacks.

2. Whose needs did Kurt believe must come first?
(a) Robyn's.
(b) The camels'.
(c) Kurt's.
(d) Gladdy's.

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

4. What did Kurt insist on helping Robyn get, which turned out to not be worth the effort?
(a) A crane.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A crow.
(d) A baby camel.

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

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

7. What was the section of the pub Robyn worked in?
(a) The Pool Room.
(b) The Saloon Bar.
(c) The Inner Bar.
(d) The Lounge Bar.

8. Why did Robyn sometimes find it difficult to track her camels?
(a) They erased their prints as they walked.
(b) Their footprints got mixed up.
(c) They ran too fast.
(d) They left no scent.

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

10. What insect lived in the Basso's Farm home that Robyn detested the most?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Fire ants.
(d) Leeches.

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

12. Which of the camels was responsible for their escape in Chapter 4?
(a) Zelly.
(b) Dookie.
(c) Diggity.
(d) Bub.

13. What was Diggity's all-consuming passion?
(a) Eating the camel food.
(b) Helping Robyn track lost camels.
(c) Chasing kangaroos and rabbits.
(d) Chasing camels.

14. What type of land surrounds Alice?
(a) Jungle.
(b) Farmland.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Desert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Julie, introduced in Chapter 4?

2. Who did Robyn develop a close friendship with in Chapter 2?

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

4. What was it about the visiting politico in Chapter 5 that Robyn was so jealous of?

5. Why did Robyn find it impossible to get more work in town in order to make money?

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