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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robyn end up living at Basso's Farm?

2. What caused Robyn to sit on the riverbank and weep for 30 minutes in Chapter 4?

3. Where did Robyn get a job her second day in Alice?

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

5. Why was the man who sold the camels to Robyn in Chapter 4 so upset, even after the deal was made?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Robyn try to keep Kurt's maniacal temper under control after Gladdy left him?

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

4. What did Janie think about her future?

5. What led Robyn to realize that she must work on her survival techniques in Chapter 5?

6. 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?

7. What incident led Robyn to quit her job at the pub?

8. What kind of trouble did Robyn have with the camel, Kate?

9. How did Kurt treat Robyn in the beginning?

10. What was apartheid originally set up in South Africa to accomplish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, if anything, did Robyn want to prove to herself by the undertaking of this trip? What strengths and weaknesses would such a trip envision for someone like Robyn?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Robyn noted that pride comes before a fall. At this point in the book, what occurred in Robyn's life to indicate her pride and her fall?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of death in Robyn's story. How did death affect Robyn? In what ways did she defy death? Support your answer with evidence, giving quotes and/or chapters to reference.

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