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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. How long did Robyn's pure, uncomplicated confidence last, telling her that she had done something correct for a change?
(a) Ten seconds.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Thirty days.
(d) Two hours.

2. During which season did Robyn decide to leave for the actual journey?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

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

4. What caused Robyn to sit on the riverbank and weep for 30 minutes in Chapter 4?
(a) Dookie tried to kill her again.
(b) Bub's foot was cut badly.
(c) Zelly had her baby camel.
(d) She was lost in the desert.

5. 'A person preferring safety, comfort, illusion, to the hazards and adventures of revolution.' What is this phrase from Chapter 5 a definition of?
(a) Socialism.
(b) A classless society.
(c) Communism.
(d) Bourgeois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a camel's kicking radius?

2. What made Robyn decide that the second person she visited was not the right person to learn from?

3. What ultimately happened to Clivie in Chapter 3?

4. What did someone give to Robyn just before she headed out to find her lost camels in Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Robyn to nearly jump over the bar and prevent a policeman from beating someone?

2. When Robyn and her friends finally found the lost camels in Chapter 5, what sort of shape were the animals in?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How did Robyn describe Utopia?

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

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

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

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