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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. What did Robyn coldly contemplate doing one night when she slept over at Gladdy's house in Chapter 4?

2. What did Kurt insist on helping Robyn get, which turned out to not be worth the effort?

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

4. What crime had someone been committing in Alice for the past twenty years, without detection?

5. What did camels wear in order for their owners to keep track of their whereabouts?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Robyn met Rick. What stood out about Rick in Robyn's memory?

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

3. Why did Kurt's camel, Dookie, attack Robyn?

4. When Bub got a piece of glass through his foot, how did Robyn manage to get help for him when her usual vets were not around?

5. Why did Robyn suspect that the camels disappeared one day in Chapter 4?

6. Why do camels hate to be on their own?

7. When a man sat beside Robyn on her train to Alice Springs, what was his attitude toward her?

8. How did the author explain her feelings towards having a home to herself at Basso's Farm?

9. What myths about camels did Robyn destroy for the reader?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of Chapter 4, there was this quote from "Speedboat" by Renata Adler:

"I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort."

Explain the meaning of this quote as it related to Robyn in Chapter 4.

Essay Topic 2

What did Robyn learn about Pitjantjara customs in Chapter 7? How did Robyn come to view this realization of their etiquette as a symbolic defeat for herself?

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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