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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did someone give to Robyn just before she headed out to find her lost camels in Chapter 5?
(a) A vial of snake bite antidote.
(b) A new camel.
(c) A carton of cigarettes.
(d) A pamphlet on the symptoms of dying of thirst.

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

4. Where did Robyn get a job her second day in Alice?
(a) A pub.
(b) A train depot.
(c) A tourist company.
(d) A newspaper.

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

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

7. 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) Wallera Ranch.
(b) Docker River.
(c) Alice Springs.
(d) Ayers Rock.

8. What was expected of Robyn in her first eight months working for Kurt?
(a) To spy on Kurt's camel saddle designs.
(b) To watch Kurt and learn.
(c) To follow and pick up after the camels all day.
(d) Clean house.

9. What did Robyn have with her when she first arrived in Alice?
(a) Sixty dollars, a cat and a tote bag.
(b) Two dogs, six dollars and a large suitcase.
(c) A dog, six dollars and a small suitcase.
(d) A dog, six dollars and two suitcases.

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

11. Where did Robyn arrange to meet up with Jenny and Toly in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallera Ranch.
(b) Alice Springs.
(c) Docker River.
(d) Redbank Gorge.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who drove Robyn out to meet Sallay Mahomet?

3. What was the section of the pub Robyn worked in?

4. What did Robyn coldly contemplate doing one night when she slept over at Gladdy's house in Chapter 4?

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

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