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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 was expected of Robyn in her first eight months working for Kurt?

2. What did Robyn have with her when she first arrived in Alice?

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

4. What ultimately happened to Clivie in Chapter 3?

5. What point of view does the author use?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kurt treat Robyn in the beginning?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What led Robyn to nearly jump over the bar and prevent a policeman from beating someone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Robyn's feelings of joy at being in the outback with her outbursts of despair and lack of self-esteem. How did the differing emotions and psychological outlooks live side-by-side within her?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Robyn's relationship with Eddie to that of her relationship with Rick.

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