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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Robyn decide that the second person she visited was not the right person to learn from?
(a) His wife was difficult.
(b) He was mean and cursed at her.
(c) He was too easygoing.
(d) His animals were fighting.

2. When Robyn and the photographer, Rick, went their separate ways in Chapter 5, where did they arrange to meet again on Robyn's trail?
(a) Ayers Rock.
(b) Alice Springs.
(c) Wallera Ranch.
(d) Docker River.

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

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

5. Why did Robyn sometimes find it difficult to track her camels?
(a) They ran too fast.
(b) Their footprints got mixed up.
(c) They left no scent.
(d) They erased their prints as they walked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn do to Kate at the end of Chapter 3?

2. Where did Robyn arrange to meet up with Jenny and Toly in Chapter 5?

3. What did Ada do to a boyfriend who was emptying a can of petrol into the dust?

4. What was Diggity's all-consuming passion?

5. Why did Robyn find it impossible to get more work in town in order to make money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kurt's camel, Dookie, attack Robyn?

2. In Chapter 5, Robyn met Rick. What stood out about Rick in Robyn's memory?

3. According to Robyn, what was the current Australian male like as compared to the men who first settled Australia?

4. How did the author explain her feelings towards having a home to herself at Basso's Farm?

5. How did Robyn try to keep Kurt's maniacal temper under control after Gladdy left him?

6. What did Robyn begin to discover about herself and people in Chapter 2?

7. Why do camels hate to be on their own?

8. What kind of trouble did Robyn have with the camel, Kate?

9. What myths about camels did Robyn destroy for the reader?

10. How did Sallay become Robyn's camel-guru and savior in Chapter 2?

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