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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. Who came into the pub to try and talk Robyn into coming back to him?

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

3. How did the local folklore claim to make people fall in love with the Alice?

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

5. When Robyn and the photographer, Rick, went their separate ways in Chapter 5, where did they arrange to meet again on Robyn's trail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Robyn begin to discover about herself and people in Chapter 2?

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 Kurt's camel, Dookie, attack Robyn?

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

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

8. When Robyn and her friends finally found the lost camels in Chapter 5, what sort of shape were the animals in?

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

10. In Chapter 4, how had Kurt become a large focus in Robyn's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain Robyn's views about the media. How did the media affect her personally?

Essay Topic 2

One night, in Chapter 2, Robyn was drunk on tequila, and she had a vision of three camels in the night. What did her vision foreshadow for Robyn's journey? Explain how this prophecy came to be true.

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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