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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Kurt sell to his buyers to go along with the ranch?
(a) Robyn's training services.
(b) All of his and Gladdy's clothing.
(c) Basso's Farm.
(d) Thirty camels.

3. What did the blue smoke seen by Robyn through the gum leaves indicate?
(a) Aboriginal camps.
(b) A camel herd.
(c) The local bar.
(d) A church.

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

5. What was Zelika's nature?
(a) Quiet and fearful.
(b) Lovely and gentle.
(c) Nasty.
(d) Aggressive.

6. Who was Julie, introduced in Chapter 4?
(a) A policewoman in town.
(b) Kurt's new girlfriend.
(c) A friend living with Robyn.
(d) A camel trainer.

7. What part of Zeleika's body became infected in Chapter 3?
(a) The ears.
(b) The nose.
(c) The hump.
(d) The leg.

8. What did Robyn do to Kate at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Sold her.
(b) Operated on her.
(c) Shot her.
(d) Stripped her hide.

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

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

11. How long did Robyn's pure, uncomplicated confidence last, telling her that she had done something correct for a change?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Thirty days.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) Ten seconds.

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

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

14. How did Robyn end up living at Basso's Farm?
(a) Kurt sent her there.
(b) She hid in the basement.
(c) She married the owner.
(d) The previous tenants moved out.

15. 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) Wallera Ranch.
(d) Ayers Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What insect lived in the Basso's Farm home that Robyn detested the most?

2. What crime had someone been committing in Alice for the past twenty years, without detection?

3. How did Kurt refer to the tourists?

4. Which of the camels was responsible for their escape in Chapter 4?

5. How did the range affect the people of Alice?

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