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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 is a camel's kicking radius?

2. What did Robyn write home, as a joke, to indicate what types of animals she was training?

3. What was the most economically successful and well-organized camp in town?

4. Which was one of the most successful Aboriginal communities in the territory?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Robyn, what was the current Australian male like as compared to the men who first settled Australia?

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

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

4. How did Robyn deal with the knowledge that the photojournalist, Rick, would be intruding upon her solitary journey?

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

6. How did Sallay become Robyn's camel-guru and savior in Chapter 2?

7. What were Robyn's feelings when she shot Kate?

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

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

10. Who was the first person who did not greet Robyn's ideas with patronizing disbelief?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

According to Robyn, 160 years of undeclared war had been waged by the government on the Aboriginal people. Explain what this war entailed and its effects on the Aboriginals.

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