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

2. Who called Eddie "Jacky-Jacky" in Chapter 9?
(a) A tourist.
(b) Robyn.
(c) Glendle.
(d) His wife.

3. How did Robyn treat her camels while traveling in the bush?
(a) Like porcelain.
(b) With little regard.
(c) Like any other animal.
(d) Shabbily.

4. What was Glendle's major responsibility?
(a) The distribution of money.
(b) Devising a town budget.
(c) Giving out supplies.
(d) Coordinating elections.

5. What was the closest thing to a Zen statement to come out of Australia concerning the baby camel, Goliath?
(a) Friends are worth their weight in gold.
(b) Simply let her be.
(c) All you need is to love her.
(d) She'll be right, mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea did Robyn want to share with the world, opposite of the press she was receiving?

2. How did Mrs. Liddle explain the strangeness of a deserted Aboriginal camp in Chapter 7?

3. In what way did Robyn have to adjust to Eddie?

4. Which camel was unequivocally the leader of Robyn's pack?

5. What did Robyn find out about her feelings for Eddie in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't Robyn looking forward to arriving at Ayers Rock?

2. What was so difficult about the job Glendle had?

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

4. How did the press find out about Robyn's journey across the outback?

5. On Robyn's first night out on the trail, why was she a little bit nervous?

6. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?

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

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

9. What did Robyn think of the people she met at Glenayle?

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

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