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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 did Robyn learn to keep herself warm on the cold desert nights in Chapter 10?
(a) By lying under her dog.
(b) By burying herself in the sand.
(c) By shivering.
(d) By drinking tea.

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 __________.
(a) Think clearly.
(b) Call a friend.
(c) Meditate.
(d) Write out a plan.

3. What was the visible link between Aboriginal people and their land?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Ceremonies.
(d) Jewelry.

4. What did Eddie keep telling Robyn regarding the whereabouts of Glendle?
(a) "Schoolhouse."
(b) "Gone".
(c) "In caravan".
(d) "Wingelinna".

5. Who did Robyn hide out from in Chapter 11, camping off the road in a dense thicket?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Wild camels.
(c) Rick.
(d) The press.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robyn's obsession with Rick and anger at the Geographic begin to fade?

2. What had Robyn been looking forward to seeing for many years, in Chapter 7?

3. How did Robyn speed Zelly on the road to recovery?

4. Where did Eddie accompany Robin to?

5. What did Diggity chase after one night in Chapter 10 and finally catch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, Robyn described herself as being "utterly deprogrammed". Describe what this meant.

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

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

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

6. Why did the death of her dog have such a profound effect upon Robyn?

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

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

9. What was Robyn's reaction when Rick did not show up as expected on the trail, in Chapter 7?

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

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