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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are claypans?
(a) Scultured mounds of rocks and pebbles.
(b) Clumps of spinifex.
(c) Flat brown hard-baked Euclidean surfaces.
(d) Pale pink sandstone.

2. What made Robyn set a compass course for Ayers Rock instead of staying on the road?
(a) Photographers.
(b) Wild camels.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Ghosts.

3. What repetitious action did Robyn's body take on when she had to shoot wild camels?
(a) Run and stop.
(b) Shake and sweat.
(c) Jump and crawl.
(d) Cry and laugh.

4. Who called Eddie "Jacky-Jacky" in Chapter 9?
(a) A tourist.
(b) Glendle.
(c) Robyn.
(d) His wife.

5. What did the camels finally get a hold of by the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Honey.
(c) A bush.
(d) Grapes.

6. When in doubt and lost, as Robyn became in Chapter 6, what was Robyn's advice to follow?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Follow the sun.
(c) Ask someone.
(d) Trust your instincts.

7. What idea did Robyn want to share with the world, opposite of the press she was receiving?
(a) Anyone can do anything.
(b) She was exceptional.
(c) She had done something ordinary people cannot do.
(d) The world is a dangerous place for girls.

8. How did Robyn and Eddie communicate?
(a) In Pitjantjara.
(b) By writing notes.
(c) In English.
(d) They played charades.

9. What was the visible link between Aboriginal people and their land?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Ceremonies.

10. Why did Robyn enjoy Aboriginal children?
(a) They never whined.
(b) They obeyed everyone.
(c) Their English was perfect.
(d) They spoke like adults.

11. What time, approximately, did the camels awaken while on the trails in Chapter 6?
(a) At dawn.
(b) Very near noon.
(c) More than an hour before dawn.
(d) Eight o'clock.

12. Why did Robyn make a great fuss over Diggity in Chapter 10?
(a) He performed a new trick.
(b) The lost dog returned to her.
(c) Diggity found their way home.
(d) Diggity found the camels.

13. What was the 'overlander' in Chapter 10 driving when he disturbed Robyn's camp?
(a) A Porsche.
(b) A mini Cooper.
(c) A Suzuki.
(d) A Honda.

14. Who did Robyn get the most interesting mail from?
(a) Mental patients.
(b) Pensioners.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

15. How did Robyn speed Zelly on the road to recovery?
(a) A medicine man was called.
(b) By keeping Goliath away from her.
(c) By giving her all the food available.
(d) A pilot picks took her away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn refer to as being "four hundred miles of spinifex wastes"?

2. When Robyn left Warburton in July, how long did she have to go before expecting to see another human being?

3. How was Pipalyatjara different from many other settlements?

4. What did Diggity chase after one night in Chapter 10 and finally catch?

5. How did Robyn's obsession with Rick and anger at the Geographic begin to fade?

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