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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, how was Robyn feeling about the trip during the two weeks she traveled to get to Ayers Rock?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Proud.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Hopeful.

3. What did sleeping next to someone connote in Pitjantjara?
(a) Breaking the laws.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Romance.
(d) Friendship.

4. What helped Robyn figure out what happened to her two lost camels in Chapter 10?
(a) A compass.
(b) The tracks.
(c) Droppings.
(d) Goliath.

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

6. What did the Aboriginals call Ayers Rock?
(a) Ayers Springs.
(b) Uluru.
(c) Uru Glens.
(d) Rocky Mount.

7. What was the desert like, as observed by Robyn, contrary to popular beliefs?
(a) Empty and dull.
(b) Lacking in wild foods.
(c) Hell.
(d) Bountiful with life.

8. What was the noise that Robyn heard in Chapter 11 that she found the most chilling, hair-lifting sound she had ever heard?
(a) The wind.
(b) Dingoes.
(c) Aboriginal tribes.
(d) Bull camels.

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

10. What was Glendle's major responsibility?
(a) Coordinating elections.
(b) Giving out supplies.
(c) The distribution of money.
(d) Devising a town budget.

11. What final disaster occurred in Chapter 12?
(a) Rick got very sick.
(b) The water finally ran out.
(c) Zelly was bleeding internally.
(d) Robyn gave up the trip at last.

12. What had been going on for the past 160 years between the Aboriginal people and the Australian government?
(a) Slavery as in the Old South of the USA.
(b) Undeclared war.
(c) Fair trade.
(d) Peace talks.

13. Why were Robyn and her friends unable to gain entry to a dance in Wiluna?
(a) They were never invited.
(b) The bouncer did not know them.
(c) They did not have money.
(d) They were with blacks.

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

15. What did Robyn hope the people who owned a sheep station outside of Carnarvon would do?
(a) Feed her.
(b) Give her shelter.
(c) Take the camels.
(d) Shield her from the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Eddie accompany Robin to?

2. What led Robyn to have a very long and tense afternoon in Chapter 10?

3. What lies "like a pig in mud"?

4. What had Sallay strongly warned Robyn to fear the most in the desert?

5. How did Mrs. Liddle explain the strangeness of a deserted Aboriginal camp in Chapter 7?

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