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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. Where did Ada Baxter live?
(a) In Kurt's stable.
(b) The room at the pub.
(c) At the back of Basso's Farm.
(d) At the campgrounds.

2. Who waited very patiently and faithfully while Robyn searched for the three lost camels?
(a) Julie.
(b) Jen.
(c) Diggity.
(d) Toly.

3. Who was Julie, introduced in Chapter 4?
(a) A friend living with Robyn.
(b) A camel trainer.
(c) A policewoman in town.
(d) Kurt's new girlfriend.

4. What did Rick talk Robyn into doing?
(a) Writing to National Geographic.
(b) Going to Utopia.
(c) Canceling her trip.
(d) Getting married.

5. Who provided Robyn with a tent to live in so she could have more privacy?
(a) The tenants of Basso's Farm.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Gladdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Robyn's first contact with Aboriginal people along her journey?

2. How did Kurt refer to the tourists?

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

4. What type of terrain do camels find it very difficult to handle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was the first person who did not greet Robyn's ideas with patronizing disbelief?

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

9. Why did Robyn suspect that the camels disappeared one day in Chapter 4?

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

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