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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 feeling overcame Robyn when she had to fly back to Alice Springs in Chapter 7?

2. What is a wilcha?

3. What time, approximately, did the camels awaken while on the trails in Chapter 6?

4. Why did Robyn make a great fuss over Diggity in Chapter 10?

5. When Robyn left Warburton in July, how long did she have to go before expecting to see another human being?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was so difficult about the job Glendle had?

2. When Robyn came across the first person in Pipalyatjara who spoke English, why did she ignore her first instincts to show her joy?

3. What rituals did Robyn perform on the desolate nights of camping, in Chapter 7?

4. Robyn followed an abandoned track in Chapter 6. What is the definition of a track in Australia?

5. Why did the death of her dog have such a profound effect upon Robyn?

6. How do Aboriginal people categorize distance?

7. How did Robyn cope in Chapter 10 when four wild bull camels were coming towards her, looking for trouble?

8. What began to unravel the inner string that held down the panic in Robyn, in Chapter 8?

9. When Eddie and Robyn were getting ready for their trip to Warburton, how did Eddie prepare?

10. In Robyn's letter to her friend, Steve, what did she intimate to him about her feelings toward this adventure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Robyn tied Bub to the nearest tree and beat him very hard in Chapter 5, she had a small epiphany. What did Robyn learn about herself after this incident? Who did she compare herself to and why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Robyn's motivations for wanting to travel across the desert with camels. Explain why it had become not merely a trip or adventure, but something far more to her.

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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