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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 the camels finally get a hold of by the end of Chapter 11?

2. In what way did Robyn have to adjust to Eddie?

3. What idea did Robyn want to share with the world, opposite of the press she was receiving?

4. What was Robyn's last allotted meal before she was to arrive at Carnegie?

5. When making camp in a dust-bowl in Chapter 10, what did Robyn unselfconsciously do with the animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. On Robyn's first night out on the trail, why was she a little bit nervous?

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

3. How did the press find out about Robyn's journey across the outback?

4. Why didn't Robyn ride her camels more often during the trip?

5. How do Aboriginal people categorize distance?

6. What was Robyn's reaction when Rick did not show up as expected on the trail, in Chapter 7?

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

8. Why wasn't Robyn looking forward to arriving at Ayers Rock?

9. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?

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

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

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

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?

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