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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did the range affect the people of Alice?
(a) It made them feel very important.
(b) It sent them troppo.
(c) It made them hungry.
(d) It irritated most of them.

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

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

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

14. What ultimately happened to Clivie in Chapter 3?
(a) He was hit by a car.
(b) He became a policeman.
(c) He became a great friend of Robyn's.
(d) He was sent to a boys' home.

15. 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) Struck him with an axe.
(c) Wrapped him in a blanket.
(d) Ran away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn have to throw into Kate's neck, as ordered by the vet?

2. What did a visiting politico accuse Robyn of being?

3. What did Robyn write home, as a joke, to indicate what types of animals she was training?

4. What did camels wear in order for their owners to keep track of their whereabouts?

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

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