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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Robyn own in order to keep herself protected, as a woman who lived alone?
(a) Guns.
(b) Attack dogs.
(c) A wedding ring.
(d) Sharp knives.

7. During which season did Robyn decide to leave for the actual journey?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

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

9. What was the name of Sallay's wife?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Gladdy.
(c) Iris.
(d) Ida.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How did the local folklore claim to make people fall in love with the Alice?
(a) Seeing the range for the first time.
(b) Stepping into Alice Springs.
(c) Purchasing a boomerang.
(d) Seeing the Todd River flow three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it about the visiting politico in Chapter 5 that Robyn was so jealous of?

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

3. What crime had someone been committing in Alice for the past twenty years, without detection?

4. What did Kurt sell to his buyers to go along with the ranch?

5. What was the only type of job the Aborigine child was likely to get upon finishing school?

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