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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Zelly decide to give birth?
(a) While Robyn was away on holiday.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) While Robyn was exhausted.
(d) At the end of her journey.

2. Who gave Robyn emotional support at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Gladdy.
(b) Iris.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Jen.

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

4. Who came into the pub to try and talk Robyn into coming back to him?
(a) Sallay.
(b) The young geologist.
(c) Gladdy.
(d) Kurt.

5. 'A person preferring safety, comfort, illusion, to the hazards and adventures of revolution.' What is this phrase from Chapter 5 a definition of?
(a) Bourgeois.
(b) Socialism.
(c) A classless society.
(d) Communism.

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

7. How much money did Robyn receive from National Geographic?
(a) Forty dollars.
(b) Forty thousand dollars.
(c) Four thousand dollars.
(d) Four hundred dollars.

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

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

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

11. What was wrong with Kate in Chapter 3?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She had blood poisoning.
(c) She had a toothache.
(d) She broke her knee.

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

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

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

15. Who was Bubby?
(a) Kurt's first wife.
(b) The bartender at the pub.
(c) Robyn's boyfriend.
(d) Kurt's bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most economically successful and well-organized camp in town?

2. What do camels' feces resemble?

3. When Robyn and the photographer, Rick, went their separate ways in Chapter 5, where did they arrange to meet again on Robyn's trail?

4. Why was the man who sold the camels to Robyn in Chapter 4 so upset, even after the deal was made?

5. What was the modern-day manifestation of the Australian male?

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