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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Basso's Farm.
(d) Robyn's training services.

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

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

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

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

7. What did Robyn's pet crow, Akhnaton, do that became increasingly annoying to her?
(a) He stole things.
(b) He always ate her food.
(c) He tried to kill Diggity.
(d) He kept her awake all night.

8. What caused Robyn to sit on the riverbank and weep for 30 minutes in Chapter 4?
(a) Zelly had her baby camel.
(b) She was lost in the desert.
(c) Bub's foot was cut badly.
(d) Dookie tried to kill her again.

9. What made Robyn decide that the second person she visited was not the right person to learn from?
(a) He was mean and cursed at her.
(b) He was too easygoing.
(c) His animals were fighting.
(d) His wife was difficult.

10. What became the last straw for Robyn, leading her to leave her job at the pub?
(a) The man who urinated against the bar.
(b) The brutal policeman.
(c) The lack of money.
(d) The excrement on her pillow.

11. What did Robyn suffer from during her dress rehearsal and pre-meeting with the Americans in Chapter 5?
(a) A cold.
(b) Severe stage fright.
(c) The flu.
(d) A bout of pneumonia.

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

13. Who was Blue?
(a) Kurt's youngest camel.
(b) Robyn's car.
(c) Gladdy's old dog.
(d) A pet camel.

14. How did Kurt refer to the tourists?
(a) The terrorists.
(b) The town friends.
(c) The good people.
(d) The bloody idiots.

15. What did a visiting politico accuse Robyn of being?
(a) Too liberal.
(b) A communist.
(c) A bourgeois individualist.
(d) A conservative party member.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with Kate in Chapter 3?

2. How much money did Robyn receive from National Geographic?

3. Whose needs did Kurt believe must come first?

4. What did Ada do to a boyfriend who was emptying a can of petrol into the dust?

5. What did someone give to Robyn just before she headed out to find her lost camels in Chapter 5?

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