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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was able to snap Robyn out of her depression in Chapter 4?
(a) Music.
(b) Riding her camel, Kate.
(c) The arrival of a friend.
(d) Talking to Kurt.

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

5. What did Toly and Jenny build for Robyn behind Basso's?
(a) A flower bed.
(b) A vegetable garden.
(c) A large holding yard.
(d) A serenity area.

6. What was Robyn's goal in Alice?
(a) To write a book about camel taming.
(b) To travel Australia by rail.
(c) To procure and train wild camels.
(d) To work for a summer in the desert.

7. How old was Joanie?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Four.
(d) Twenty-four.

8. What did Frankie and Clivie do to Robyn?
(a) Teased her.
(b) Lied to her.
(c) Stole from her.
(d) Brought her presents.

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

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

11. Where was Robyn's first contact with Aboriginal people along her journey?
(a) Areyonga.
(b) Black Rock.
(c) Glen Helen.
(d) Melbourne.

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

13. What did Robyn coldly contemplate doing one night when she slept over at Gladdy's house in Chapter 4?
(a) Killing Kurt.
(b) Going home.
(c) Harming Gladdy.
(d) Committing suicide.

14. What unexpected thing did Sallay discover about Zeleika?
(a) She was about to die.
(b) She had blood poisoning.
(c) She was uncontrollable.
(d) She was pregnant.

15. What did Kurt take a strange pleasure in watching Robyn do?
(a) Get bitten by the camels.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Get callusses.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did nearly everyone warn Robyn about?

2. Who were Alcoota, Kate and Zeleika?

3. Which was one of the most successful Aboriginal communities in the territory?

4. Who lived in Basso's Farm?

5. What type of terrain do camels find it very difficult to handle?

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