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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 happened to Diggity in Chapter 10?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She died.
(c) She bit Robyn.
(d) She drank some bad water.

2. Who did Robyn find herself acting like with the camels, by the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Rick.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Sallay.
(d) Her father.

3. What is Pitjantjara?
(a) An Aboriginal tribe.
(b) A camel breed.
(c) Part of the Australian government.
(d) A form of racism.

4. What did the camels finally get a hold of by the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Honey.
(b) Cherries.
(c) A bush.
(d) Grapes.

5. Where did Robyn fly to, four days after completing her journey?
(a) Carnarvon.
(b) Alice Springs.
(c) New York.
(d) Perth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective did Robyn use to describe the green landscape of the sandhills in Chapter 7?

2. What was the desert like, as observed by Robyn, contrary to popular beliefs?

3. What did Robyn learn to live with in the desert, even though they swarmed around her and the camels in the thousands?

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

5. When making camp in a dust-bowl in Chapter 10, what did Robyn unselfconsciously do with the animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What began to unravel the inner string that held down the panic in Robyn, in Chapter 8?

2. When Eddie and Robyn were getting ready for their trip to Warburton, how did Eddie prepare?

3. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?

4. What were the nuisances Robyn had to deal with when searching for a good camping spot?

5. How did Robyn cope in Chapter 10 when four wild bull camels were coming towards her, looking for trouble?

6. Why didn't Robyn ride her camels more often during the trip?

7. When Robyn lost her camels in Chapter 10, how did she try to talk herself into avoiding a panic?

8. Robyn followed an abandoned track in Chapter 6. What is the definition of a track in Australia?

9. Why did Robyn want to keep a fair distance covered, resting only one day a week?

10. What happened in Chapter 12 when Zelly would not get into a truck?

(see the answer keys)

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