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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. How much did Robyn eat in the mornings while on the trail in Chapter 6?

2. How did Robyn speed Zelly on the road to recovery?

3. What was the noise that Robyn heard in Chapter 11 that she found the most chilling, hair-lifting sound she had ever heard?

4. Who was Slim Dusty?

5. What did Robyn refer to as being "four hundred miles of spinifex wastes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?

2. What did Dookie do that Toly found hysterical in Chapter 11?

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

4. Why did Robyn want to keep a fair distance covered, resting only one day a week?

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

6. What were the nuisances Robyn had to deal with when searching for a good camping spot?

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

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

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

10. When Robyn lost her camels in Chapter 10, how did she try to talk herself into avoiding a panic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many famous historical figures, such as Jesus, Gandhi, or Buddha, underwent extreme testing during their lives, often going out to the desert to be alone. What were Robyn's motives for taking on this journey?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the socioeconomic problems faced by the Aborigines in Australia. Include the Australian government's system of assimilation in your discussion.

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