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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 was Zelika's nature?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Nasty.
(c) Lovely and gentle.
(d) Quiet and fearful.

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

3. Who drove Robyn out to meet Sallay Mahomet?
(a) A tourist guide.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A geologist.
(d) An animal trainer.

4. What insect lived in the Basso's Farm home that Robyn detested the most?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Fire ants.
(d) Cockroaches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "dog window" in some Northern Territory bars?

2. What is a camel's kicking radius?

3. What became the last straw for Robyn, leading her to leave her job at the pub?

4. What is a camel's only natural enemy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of people made up the thirteen thousand white people living in Alice?

2. What gave Robyn second thoughts about how easy her project would actually be?

3. Why did Robyn refrain from asking people to loan her money for her trip?

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

5. What was apartheid originally set up in South Africa to accomplish?

6. How did Robyn deal with the knowledge that the photojournalist, Rick, would be intruding upon her solitary journey?

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

8. How did Robyn get the new owner of Kurt's ranch to give her the two camels she wanted in return for giving him lessons?

9. When a man sat beside Robyn on her train to Alice Springs, what was his attitude toward her?

10. What became the last straw for Robyn, making her decide to leave Kurt in Chapter 2?

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