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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Robyn hide out from in Chapter 11, camping off the road in a dense thicket?
(a) The press.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Rick.
(d) Wild camels.

2. What did Robyn find out about her feelings for Eddie in Chapter 9?
(a) She loved traveling with him.
(b) She hated his voice.
(c) She felt ignored by him.
(d) She resented him.

3. According to Robyn, when were photographers most brave?
(a) When setting up a shot.
(b) When looking through a lens.
(c) When on their home turf.
(d) When asleep.

4. When making camp in a dust-bowl in Chapter 10, what did Robyn unselfconsciously do with the animals?
(a) Beat them.
(b) Play with them.
(c) Pet them lovingly.
(d) Sleep next to them.

5. What was the actual nature of Wallera Ranch?
(a) It was an Aboriginal reservation.
(b) It was a watering hole.
(c) It was a university outlet.
(d) It was a cattle ranch.

6. What did Robyn refer to as being "four hundred miles of spinifex wastes"?
(a) Warburton.
(b) Carnegie Station.
(c) The Gibson Desert.
(d) Wiya.

7. In Robyn's letter to Steve in Chapter 10, what did she point out as being the most beautiful place she had ever seen?
(a) Ayers Rock.
(b) Carnegie.
(c) Alice Springs.
(d) Mungilli claypan.

8. What did Robyn learn to live with in the desert, even though they swarmed around her and the camels in the thousands?
(a) Bats.
(b) Bees.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Flies.

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

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

11. Who did Robyn meet on the road in Chapter 11, thinking they might be bush people?
(a) Her friend, Jen.
(b) Aboriginal tribesmen.
(c) The popular press.
(d) Rick.

12. What was the best type of footwear for Robyn to wear in the desert?
(a) Sandals.
(b) Boots.
(c) Bare feet.
(d) Running shoes.

13. What was one of Glendle's failures at Pipalyatjara?
(a) Healing the ill.
(b) Blood drives.
(c) Speaking to the people.
(d) Wholemeal flour introduction.

14. How was Pipalyatjara different from many other settlements?
(a) There were many tribal neighborhoods.
(b) The settlement was brand new.
(c) It did not have a multi-tribal population.
(d) The settlement was set up to be permanent.

15. In Chapter 10, what was usually on the sandhills and about six feet across and four feet high?
(a) Spinifex.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Camel saddles.
(d) Bushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pitjantjara?

2. What was the desert like, as observed by Robyn, contrary to popular beliefs?

3. Where was Rick and Robyn's next anticipated meeting place once he drove across Gunbarrel Highway?

4. Where did Eddie accompany Robin to?

5. The Aboriginals called Robyn "kungka rama-rama" in Chapter 6. What does this mean?

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