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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 lies "like a pig in mud"?
(a) Tourists.
(b) The mirror.
(c) The camera.
(d) Peole like Kurt.
2. What did Robyn hope the people who owned a sheep station outside of Carnarvon would do?
(a) Feed her.
(b) Give her shelter.
(c) Take the camels.
(d) Shield her from the press.
3. What adjective did Robyn use to describe the green landscape of the sandhills in Chapter 7?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Sea water.
(c) Day-glo.
(d) Olive-like.
4. What helped Robyn figure out what happened to her two lost camels in Chapter 10?
(a) A compass.
(b) Goliath.
(c) The tracks.
(d) Droppings.
5. Who was Peter Muir?
(a) A vet.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A bushman.
(d) A town doctor.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the best type of footwear for Robyn to wear in the desert?
2. Finish this statement that a very wise friend of Robyn's from Alice once told her: When things go wrong on the track, rather than panic, boil the billy, sit down and __________.
3. What feeling overcame Robyn when she had to fly back to Alice Springs in Chapter 7?
4. What led Robyn to have a very long and tense afternoon in Chapter 10?
5. Who did Robyn find herself acting like with the camels, by the end of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, Robyn described herself as being "utterly deprogrammed". Describe what this meant.
2. Why were sandals the best type of footwear for Robyn to wear in the desert?
3. Why wasn't Robyn looking forward to arriving at Ayers Rock?
4. Why did Robyn want to keep a fair distance covered, resting only one day a week?
5. When Robyn lost her camels in Chapter 10, how did she try to talk herself into avoiding a panic?
6. Robyn followed an abandoned track in Chapter 6. What is the definition of a track in Australia?
7. How did Robyn cope in Chapter 10 when four wild bull camels were coming towards her, looking for trouble?
8. How do Aboriginal people categorize distance?
9. Why did the death of her dog have such a profound effect upon Robyn?
10. What rituals did Robyn perform on the desolate nights of camping, in Chapter 7?
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